The Rubin Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition celebrating the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongol empire. The exhibition opens Friday, Nov. 3rd in New York and runs until April 16, 2007. Drawn from RMA's collection, a selection of Mongolian sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, ritual objects, and masks will be complemented by images of Mongolia made by the contemporary photographers Builder Levy and Elaine Ling. The exhibition will trace Mongolia's long history from the Bronze Age to modern times, focusing on three empires: ancient Xiongu, the Tujue of the Middle Ages, and that of Chinggis Khaan, who founded the Mongolian state in 1206. It will conclude with the birth of modern Mongolia.

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