The Gobi Desert in Mongolia, along with California's Death Valley (United States), are home to the world's two largest deposits of dinosaur bones and skeletal remains.

Millions upon millions of years ago, the territory that is now Mongolia was warm and humid, blanketed with dense forests and jungles. Dinosaurs inhabited the planet for 160 million years, before their extinction 65 million years ago, even as their numbers continued to flourish. Scientists, unable to pinpoint the exact cause of their demise, have put forth numerous theories. Yet we know that these colossal creatures once roamed our planet, and in the past 150 years, researchers have uncovered their fossilized remains. Today, hundreds of dinosaur species have been catalogued across the globe.

In the 1920s, an American team of scientists led by R. Andrew discovered the most celebrated trove of dinosaur bones in the Gobi Desert. This remarkable discovery is now displayed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. You can also find numerous artifacts and dinosaur skeletal remains discovered in Mongolia housed in museums across major cities such as St. Petersburg, Warsaw, and, of course, Ulaanbaatar.