Olon Süme Explained

Olon Süme (or Olon Süme-yin Tor) is an archaeological site in northern Darhan Muminggan United Banner of Baotou prefecture level city, Inner Mongolia, China. Since the 1930s the site has been identified as a possible northern capital of the medieval Ongut kings.[1] A collection of small artefacts from the site was exhibited and published in Japan in 2003.[2] More recently the Chinese government has begun developing the site as a tourist destination.

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References

  1. Tjalling H. F. Halbertsma, Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia (Leiden: Brill, 2008), pp.150-157.
  2. オロンスム-モンゴル 帝国のキリスト教遺跡 / Olon Süme : remains of Christendom in inner Mongolia (Yokohama: Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures, 2003). C3022.