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Several readings call the Gobi the "Sun Land" and indicate that sun worship dominated (2067-4; 2091-1.) In March 1935 Cayce referred to a city buried under the sands of the Gobi (873-1),and in 1936 he called this city the "City of Gold." He also stated that this city would probably be discovered in the future.
One characteristic of the Gobi civilization was the implementation of a social structure apparently much like the Mississippian Era mound builders had (2067-4; 1505-1).
A group from the Gobi was identified as having DNA bearing the "X" Haplotype in 2001.
The largest desert in Asia, it is also known as Shamo, the Chinese word for “sand desert.” The Gobi, which is about 1,600 km (about 1,000 mi) in extent from east to west and about 1,000 km (about 600 mi) from north to south, has a total area of 1,300,000 sq km (500,000 sq mi).
The borders of the Gobi to the north and northwest are fertile, and grassy steppes or prairies lie at the southeastern edge of the desert area.
The first Europeans to traverse the Gobi were Venetian traveler Marco Polo and his father and uncle, who crossed the region about 1275.
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