The desert landscape of Upper Mustang, Nepal, is accented by the snowcapped peaks of the Damodar Himalaya.
The 1200 year old skull and mandible of of one of the early settlers of Upper Mustang. Retreived from a "sky tomb" cave high above the village of Samdzong, the entire skeleton of this young man was recovered.
Climber and archaeologist Pete Athans attaches safety ropes to a cliffside high above Samdzong, Upper Mustang, Nepal, to access ancient funerary caves dating back thousands of years.
