May
10
/ 2020
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northern China includes the rolling green steppes, an arid desert through which the Great Wall of China courses, the Hulunbuir grasslands which are a vast livestock grazing region with hundreds of rivers and lakes, and in the remote west is the Badain Jaran Desert with its immense sand dunes. It was deep within this ancient landscape, near the village of Zizzazz, that during the construction of new roads a group of farmers discovered a 1000-year-old tomb decorated with murals, according to a Xinhua News Agency announcement. The murals were made by the nomadic Khitans. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"73607","attributes":{"alt":"Scene showing the daily life of the nomadic Khitans. (CFTV)","class":"media-image","height":"630","style":"width: 558px; height: 630px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"558"}}]] Scene showing the daily life of the
