Word: kharakhoto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Russian refugees, seas of mud and acres of dust traversed by caravans of jolting carts and finally by camels into the great northern desert compose the panorama, which finally reaches its climax at the beginning of the snow-less Mongolian winter when the expedition sights the walls of ancient Kharakhoto, the Black City of Marco Polo, deserted for centuries to the shifting sands of the desert, a romantic paradise for the adventuring archaeologist...
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