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Photographs in Ngari

The north sector dispersion, with the village of  Ombu <i>’om bu</i> bu in the background. The remnants of a revetment. A revetment fragment. Vestiges of a foundation. A south sector structure deeply set into the ground. Residential structure RS5. A view of the level walkway below the summit. A coherent wall fragment.
The interior of cave P1. The base of the castle. Caves in the right wing of the khyung (<i>khyung</i>) formation. The main troglodytic settlement. One of the heaped-stone enclosures. One of the heaped-stone enclosures. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS3.
Funerary structure FS2. The two funerary structures located west of the temple-tomb. The longitudinal chambers of the temple-tomb. The north face of the temple-tomb. Note the courses of bond-stones and diagonally placed blocks. Pillars near the southeast corner of the concourse. The array of pillars from the top of the temple-tomb. The view from the east. Upright slab wall fragments, funerary structure FS1.
The pillars and enclosure. The site’s three pillars. The site’s three pillars. The site, seen from the north. The site’s main pillars. The site’s pillars. Note the large partly submerged pillar. The site, seen from the south. Two of the site’s pillars.

Ngari in Places


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