The Hunt for Genghis Khan’s Tomb

The Daily Beast ^ | 03 Dec 2012 | Oliver Steeds

[Theoria]

For centuries historians and treasure seekers have searched for the burial site of history's most famous conqueror. New findings offer compelling evidence that it's been found.

In the eight hundred years since his death, people have sought in vain for the grave of Genhis Khan, the 13th-century conqueror and imperial ruler who, at the time of his death, occupied the largest contiguous empire, stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific. In capturing most of central Asia and China, his armies killed and pillaged but also forged new links between East and West. One of history’s most brilliant and ruthless leaders, Khan remade the world.

But while the life of the conqueror is the stuff of legend, his death is shrouded in the mist of myths. Some historians believe he died from wounds sustained in battle; others that he fell off his horse or died from illness. And his final burial place has never been found. At the time great steps were taken to hide the grave to protect it from potential grave robbers. Tomb hunters have little to go on, given the dearth of primary historical sources. Legend has it that Khan’s funeral escort killed anyone who crossed their path to conceal where the conqueror was buried. Those who constructed the funeral tomb were also killed—as were the soldiers who killed them. One historical source holds that 10,000 horsemen “trampled the ground so as to make it even”; another that a forest was planted over the site, a river diverted.

Scholars still debate the balance between fact and fiction, as accounts were forged and distorted. But many historians believe that Khan wasn’t buried alone: his successors are thought to have been entombed with him in a vast necropolis, possibly containing treasures and loot from his extensive conquests.

[bunkerhill7]

Mixed up headlines on the printer-room floor:

Genghis Khan soldiers sent out this coded message by carrier pigeon containing the location of the actual burial tomb of Genghis Khan:
AOAKN HVPKD FNFJW YIDDC
RQXSR DJHFP GOVFN MIAPX
PABUZ WYYNP CMPNW HJRZH
NLXKG MEMKK ONOIB AKEEQ
WAOTA RBQRH DJOFM TPZEH
Ghengis Khan code ‘may never be cracked’
BBC ^ | 23 November 2012 | staff reporter
Posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 10:43:21 PM by Daffynition
Experts at intelligence agency GCHQ have asked for help in de-coding a message found attached to an 800 year-old pigeon leg found in a chimney

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Everything that I have ever read about Genghis Khan is that he let children under the age of 15 live. He also let the women live for the, ah, fecundity of Genghis and his crew. :-)

But you are correct about the genes being spread all over the world.

[Rebelbase]

I didn't realize he was such a large man.

[Rebelbase]

Anyone with Netflix can watch the Nat. Geo documentary of the expedition that found this suspected tomb.

Pretty cool how they utilized a network of everyday computer users to evaluate google earth imagery of the forbidden zone in Mongolia looking for deviations from natural features then chose to inspect certain sites that had the most hits.

[Rebelbase]

To be viewed in the context of post #23.

[silverleaf]

Nat Geo did a really interesting special on Ghengis

Just another kid who grew up with a big chip on his shoulder about his father’s early death and betrayal by the tribe

Nat Geo has found that 1/2% of all the male population in todays world is descended from..Ghengis
He was a lover and a fighter
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0214_030214_genghis.html
Would’ve been interesting for him and Shaka Zulu to spend some time together, talk about their boyhoods, starving with their mothers and such

[wildbill]

Well, Pilgrim, this may have been my greatest role.

Or maybe not.

[Windflier]

How did kerry pronounce it?

"jen jis".

I cringed, every time I heard the replay on talk radio. Hurt my ears, that did.

[Army Air Corps]

Perhaps these folks will lend a hand in the search.

[SunkenCiv]

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[jjr153]

Everybody knows that the tomb was already found by Dirk Pitt in Clive Cussler’s “Treasures of Khan.”

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Beware the Mongolian Death Worms:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504443/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6TsDZIjX7A&NR

[RoarkMan]

...except how to spell Genghis.