Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
World Heritage
Mongolia
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The site is located in the middle of the Kent Mountains in northeastern Mongolia, where the vast Central Asian steppes meet the Siberian taiga. Burkhan Khaldun is associated with the worship of sacred mountains, rivers, and oboos (shamanic heaps), with rituals that blend ancient shamanic and Buddhist practices. The site is also believed to be the birthplace and burial place of Genghis Khan. It bears witness to his efforts to establish mountain worship as an essential part of the unification of the Mongolian people.
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