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Caption: Searching for the perfect queen Queen of Mongolia
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Caption: Photograph from the early 1900s
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Caption: One of the stories you must read when you come to Mongolia is The Secret History of the Mongol Queens. The women were the power behind the men who ruled; but they also ruled in their own right. I went searching for all the images of these queens in their glorious outfits.
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Caption: My own queen standing proudly upon a traditional Mongolian cabinet in my apartment. What does she say to you? To me she is wisdom and inner-beauty.
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Caption: The first image is graffiti art and the second is from an artwork in the Fine Arts museum.
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Caption: Found on a wall in a back street
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Caption: She's beautiful!
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Caption: While not a queen, her worn face demands our respect. She is playing a horse-head fiddle.
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Caption: Street art from the underpass.
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Caption: You'll see this design everywhere in Mongolia. What does the design overlaying the face mean?
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Caption: The Mongol queens of the 13th century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known Jack Weatherford
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Caption: Future queens!
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