With its rolling hills, vast open plains and arid deserts, Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe is one of Asia’s last grassland wildernesses. Great migratory herds of Mongolian gazelle roam here along with 5,000 ...

A 2,800-year-old Siberian burial mound containing 18 sacrificed horses appears to resemble those of the Scythians, suggesting that horseriding Steppe culture originated farther to the east.

Steppe means a large area of land with grass but no trees. “The related fermented milk product, kefir cheese, became an important part of the Xiaohe culture and spread further in inland East ...