Posted on 04/17/2017 6:48:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
(from a Smithsonian report .. )
"But in the early 1200s, Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and began invading neighbors in all directions. The Mongol Empire continued to grow after his death, led by the mighty leader’s sons and grandsons, who pushed their armies into regions as far as eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Korea."
To think she is now remembered. People, a thousand years later, are in awe of her beautiful needle skills. You and I would be lucky to be a vague memory 20 years after our demise.
It’s interesting to think of the possessions buried with her. We have so much *stuff* that we don’t really value it. But to a woman like this, a good comb, a sturdy, warm pair of boots, some needles and thread, would mean so much!
If she really did make her own boots and the little pouch, I can understand why they were buried with her. Just from my experience with sewing, crafts, etc., I know how greatly we value anything we make with our own hands - or made by the hands of others - especially if it’s a very utilitarian thing, very WELL-made.
I realize that some people think that graves like this should not be disturbed; but I think it’s a very tender, thought-provoking thing that we can discover her and think about her, and her life - it teaches us. This is a ‘shell’ - She hasn’t been there in hundreds of years, and wherever she is now, I don’t think she minds at all ;-)
(I wouldn’t want them to kill my horse, though :-(
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