Turkic Monument, Dongoin shiree steppe, Eastern Mongolia

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Ruins of ancient Turkic monument surrounded by 14 pillars with inscriptions

A joint excavation team from Osaka University and the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences discovered the ruins of a unique monument surrounded by 14 large stone pillars with Turkic Runic inscriptions arranged in a square on the steppe called Dongoin shiree in eastern Mongolia during their three-year (2015 ~ 2017) joint excavation.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ou-dor121817.php

The ruins date back to "the reign of Bilge Qaghan (716-734 AD) of the Second Turkic Qaghanate."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/archaeologists-discover-an-ancient-turkic-monument/vi-BBHaDyM

Turkic peoples are found throughout Central Asia, but Dongoin shiree (near Baruun-Urt and ) is pretty far east.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples#Origins_and_early_expansion

 

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