This wall is usually referred to as Wall of Chinggis, although it has nothing to do with Genghis Khan. Here’s another paper from Nature about it: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0524-2.

Here’s an interesting link that gives place names so you can look up the wall on Google maps (not much to see): https://www.escapetomongolia.com/blog/wall-of-chinggis-in-do.... According to it the wall starts at Bayan-Adarga (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayan-Adarga,_Khentii) and continues to Gurvanzagal (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurvanzagal).

A better link:

https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/05/the-mysterious-gob...

I wish people would stop linking to phys.org. It's primarily a spam ad promoting agregation site...

> Until now, its origins, function, and historical context remained largely unknown.

I'm pretty sure we know its function, though. Walls have one function, to be a barrier.

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