The Orkhon inscriptions are bilingual texts in Middle Chinese and Old Turkic, the latter written in the Old Turkic alphabet, carved into two memorial steles erected in the early 8th century by the Göktürks in the Orkhon Valley in what is modern-day Mongolia.

Orkhon (Mongolian: Орхон) may refer to: Orkhon River, Mongolia Orkhon Valley, the landscape around that river Orkhon Province, an Aimag (province) in Mongolia several Sums (districts) in different Mongolian Aimags: Orkhon, Bulgan Orkhon, Darkhan-Uul Orkhon, Selenge Orkhon script, a historic script of Turkic origin

The Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape[a] sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 320 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. It was inscribed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List as representing the development of nomadic pastoral traditions spanning more than two millennia.

The earliest known examples of writing in any Turkic language were found in the Orkhon river valley in Mongolia in the 19th century. They date from the early 8th century AD and the script in which they are written is known as the Orkhon alphabet, the Old Turkic script, the Göktürk script, or the Orkhon-Yenisey script.

鄂尔浑河谷 （蒙古語： Орхоны хөндийн соёлын дурсгал）指的是 蒙古国 鄂尔浑河 两岸的广阔河谷，位于首都 乌兰巴托 西方约360公里处。 此河谷有人文景观，在2000多年以来孕育了 蒙古高原 游牧民族 的传统。 在2004年，被 联合国教科文组织 列为 世界遗产。 这一河谷的文化遗址有：匈奴的單于廷、 突厥 的石碑 鄂尔浑碑铭 、 回鹘 的都城 窝鲁朵八里 、 成吉思汗 的王庭 哈拉和林 、Doit山的 窝阔台汗 宫殿以及 藏传佛教 寺院 额尔德尼召 等。 该世界遗产被认为满足 世 …

鄂尔浑河（蒙古语：Орхон гол；英语：Orkhon River）位于蒙古中部偏北，是蒙古国最长的河流，发源于后杭爱省的杭爱山脉（中国古代称为燕然山），向北经过1124公里后注入蒙俄边界的色楞格河。

2025年1月21日 · Situated in central Mongolia, the Orkhon Valley unfolds like a natural masterpiece, nestled between the Khangai Mountains and the vast steppes. This UNESCO World Heritage Site has been a silent witness to the ebb and flow of history for centuries.

鄂尔浑峡谷文化景观（Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape），曾是13至14世纪蒙古帝国的首都哈剌和林（Kharkhorum）所在，反映了原始蒙古的游牧文化和当时蒙古商业贸易、军事、政治、宗教的发展状况。

Orkhon Valley is located in 360km away from Ulaanbaatar city in Central Mongolia. This place holds numerous historical and cultural sites all throughout its dedicated land. The sites on the 150 hectares land of Orkhon Valley Mongolia was inscribed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List.

The Orkhon inscriptions (or Orkhon), also called Turkic runes, are the oldest known examples of writing in languages belonging to the large linguistic family of the Turkic languages, whose geographical area extends from western China to the Balkans, so its first writings appear in the interior of Central Asia.