Karakorum is Mongolia 's ancient capital,, Chengis Khan's legendary city, was founded in 1220 in the Orkhon valley, at the crossroads of the Silk Road . It was from there that the Mongol Empire governed, until Khublai Khan ( or popularly known as Kubla Khan) moved it to Beijing . The symbolic ruins of Kharakhorum (Harhorin), monumental walls (400 m of length) with 108 stupas, surround the first Buddhist monastery in Mongolia Erdene Zuu Monastery, built in 1586. In 1792, it housed 62 temples and 10,000 lamas; since 1990, it has become an active monastery again. Turtles carved from the stone marked the boundaries of the  complex. Nearby, Turkish monuments and rock inscriptions erected in 8-9th centuries in memory of outstanding fighters for  independence.Travel by air, Located 370 km away from Ulaanbaatar Elevation is 1600 metres above sea level. World famous place for its wounderful relics of the past. In order to get acquainted with Khujurt one has to visit the ruins of the ancient town Kara Korum, wel-known througout the world, where in the 13-th and 24-th centuries the capital of Mongolia was situated. At the time it was a busy, splendid, big city city with high culture. Those who whould like to visit Kara Korum can also see the former Buddhist monastery at Erdene-Zuu erected in the 16-th century. Quite a surprise for the scentists was the discovery of a burial of a Mongolian woman which dates to approximately the 14-th century where also two Egiptian masks, a wooden comb and a bronze mirror in a silk case wre found. The ruins of this ancient capital of Mongolia KaraKorum and the Erdene Zuu monastery with their 108 stupas are undoubtely at great interest to travellers.