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Size: 44 x 3,7 cm
Bronze age (1300-1000 B.C.)
Khovd province.
Material- bronze
Register num: ¯-84-2-1

During the Bronze Age, animal patterned artifacts were widespread throughout Euro-Asia. Similar kinds of knives have been found at areas dating to the Shan State period (1600-771 BC) and the Karsuk culture of Siberia (1200-700 BC). There are wild sheep patterned artifacts spread throughout the Central Asia that date to 14th-8th BC.

Bronze cauldron
Size: h-61 cm, D-52,4 cm
Bronze and Early Iron Age (700-400 B.C.)
Kharmaan river, Tsagaan nuur, Khuvsgul province
Register num: ¯-2002-1-3

This cauldron was found near the Kharmaan river, Tsagaannuur of Huvsgul province in 2003. Numerous bowl-shaped bronze cauldrons were found in South Siberia, Yakut and Mynis. Therefore, this kind of cauldron likely originated from the Scythia culture which dates to 7th-5th BC.
In addition, similar cauldrons have been found throughout Central Asia, Mongolia and north China. The bronze cast method was very popular in the period Shani, Jou Zhou(17th -3 Centuries). The earliest of these ancient cauldrons has been dated to 8th BC and originated in China. They then spread to the west and the Euro-Asian people settled near the Black sea. During the Hunnu period, bowl-shaped cauldrons were popularly used in Mongolia and commonly found in Hunnu burials. In archaeological research this type of cauldron is then called the "Hunnu cauldron".

Stone tool
Size: 12,8 x 11 x 5,4 cm

Paleolithic (750 000 -120 000 B.C.) White cave, Bayanlig, Bayanhongor province. The stone tool found from White cave site. The site is located in the South West Mongolia. Archaeologists excavated 14 different layers and found many examples of early Stone Age tools, which are at least 30,000 to 40,000 years old, including scrapers and arrowheads. The layers were dated in laboratories in Russia and America using three different techniques: carbon-14, hermoluminescence and geomagnetically analysis. The oldest layer found within the cave has been dated to approximately 520,000 years old. The oldest of all the layers was found outside the cave entrance and has been dated to approximately 730,000 years old.

Deer Stone

Deer stone
Size: 260 х 23,5 х 37 см

Bronze age (3000-400 B.C.) Uushigiin uvur, Burentogtokh, Khuvsgul province. Deer Stone monuments are unique memorials of history and culture. These decorated standing stones have been found in both Asia andeastern Europe, and date from the beginning of the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age. To date, researchers have recorded around 700 Deer Stones, of which 550 are located in Mongolia. The stones take their name from the finely carved deer which are found on one or more of their four sides, although the deer can also be accompanied by depictions of the sun, moon, a mirror, a belt, a pentagonal pattern, a knife, an axe, or a bow and arrow. A few stones are carved with representations of other animals such as a boar, a horse and a tiger. The Deer Stones are often encircled by small stone rings, excavation of which has revealed the skulls, neck bones and hooves of horses. These monuments have been dated to 2000-1000 BC.

Stone Statue of Mongol Aristocrat
13th-14th Centuries

Approximately 70 stone statues have been found throughout Mongolia from the period of the Mongolian Empire (13th-14th centuries). These famous statues constitute the sculptural heritage of the Mongolian Empire.They are rare and therefore are a valuable resource for research on the faces of specific rulers, their clothing and the representation of power. Mongolian people commonly refer to these sculptures as “Lord’s portrait”. This monument is made from carved marble and depicts a seated person. It was found at Shonk Tavan Tolgoi in Dornod province in eastern Mongolia. One of the famous stone heritage of the Mongols when created in the 13th-14th centuries.

THE BOW, BIRCH-BARK QUIVER AND ARROWS