Beneath the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital city in Central Asia, archaeologists discovered artif...

Smithsonian ^ | March 25, 2009 | Abigail Tucker

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Of all the wonders in The Palace of the Great Khan, the silver fountain most captivated the visiting monk. It took the shape of "a great silver tree, and at its roots are four lions of silver, each with a conduit through it, and all belching forth white milk of mares," wrote William of Rubruck, a Franciscan friar who toured the Mongol capital, Khara Khorum, in 1254. When a silver angel at the top of the tree trumpeted, still more beverages spouted out of the pipes: wine, clarified mare's milk, a honey drink, rice mead -- take your pick... in 1235, Genghis's son, Ogodei, began building a city near the Orkhon River, on the wide-open plains... The ruins now lie beneath sand and scrubby vegetation, but lately there's been renewed interest in Khara Khorum. A book of new scholarship, "Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire," coming out in June details major finds that archeologists have made in recent years, which shed light on what life was like in the city as the Mongols transitioned from raiders to rulers. The traveling exhibit, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas through September 7, 2009, and then at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for three months starting October 10, 2009, will showcase some of those artifacts for the first time on American soil.

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full title -- Beneath the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital city in Central Asia, archaeologists discovered artifacts from cultures near and far

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[SevenofNine]

Let me be first to say on this thread

KHANNNNNNN

[wiggen]

(shaking fist) spittle. the whole nine yards.

[combat_boots]

Khara Korum

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/mongols/pop/images_khara.htm

[combat_boots]

Merv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv#Turk_and_Mongol_control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkh#History_of_Balkh

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

But Khara Khorum turned out to be a poor location for a capital city, primarily because it could not supply itself. According to one Western observer, 500 carts of provisions were required daily to sustain the city's population.

[Smokin' Joe]

Horde today, hoard tomorrow...

[JoeProBono]

[SunkenCiv]

...

[bank teller] $9,000 is quite a large sum! Did you hoard all that money yourself?

[customer] No, my sister hoard half of it.

[SunkenCiv]

That was a while back. ;’)

[bigbob]

“razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and ...”

Sorry, windsurfer flashback...

[Smokin' Joe]

LOL!

[nufsed]

Chloë Sevigny has aged well.

[Ghengis]

Yep. Home sweet home. ;-)

[rmlew]

That’s more than I can say for her career.

[beebuster2000]

btt

[SunkenCiv]

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