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Archaeologists Uncover an Ancient Palace That May Be the Long-Lost Summer Home of Genghis Khan’s Warrior Grandson
Artnet ^ | July 25, 2022 | Sarah Cascone

Posted on 08/02/2022 5:01:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered the remains of an ancient palace that may have belonged to Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan.

The site in eastern Turkey's Van province, in the Caldiran district, is currently being excavated.

Hulagu Khan, a Mongol warlord who lived from about 1217 to 1265, achieved military renown for leading several expeditions, including the sack of Baghdad in 1258.

After the Mongol Empire splintered in 1259, Hulagu Khan became the ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanid State in the Middle East, which at its height included territory in what is now Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Dagestan, and Tajikistan.

Historical sources state that during the 1260s, Hulagu Khan built a summer palace in Caldiran.

The newly discovered ruins have yet to be definitively identified as the lost residence, but the excavation team... have unearthed shards of glazed ceramics and pottery, porcelain, bricks, and roof tiles.

The researchers, who are working under Turkey's General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, believe this could be the first known architectural remains of the Ilkhanid State...

Important clues pointing to Hulagu Khan's ownership are a number of "'s'-like symbols on the roof-ending tiles" known as the "svastika pattern or tamga," Munkhtulga Rinchinkhorol, a Mongolian Academy of Sciences archaeologist working on the dig, told Live Science.

"[That is] one of the power symbols of the Mongol Khans."

The site, which appears to have been heavily looted, also contains the remains of a caravanserai, one of the travelers' inns that would have dotted the Silk Road trade route.

Through further excavations, researchers hope to uncover the church that historical sources say Hulagu Khan built for his wife.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: abbasidempire; afghanistan; armenia; azerbaijan; baghdad; baytalhikmah; caldiran; dagestan; genghiskhan; georgia; godsgravesglyphs; hulagukhan; ilkhanids; iran; iraq; mongols; pakistan; syria; tajikistan; turkey; turkmenistan
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To: SunkenCiv

My Summer home is also my Winter home. And Spring and Fall.

I’ll be here. 800-555-1212. Call me.


21 posted on 08/02/2022 7:30:54 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: SunkenCiv

That letter....
I think he was channeling his grandpa.


22 posted on 08/02/2022 7:51:19 PM PDT by oldvirginian (The CCP is the world's largest criminal organization. )
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To: Deaf Smith
.......people cannot remember where they left landmarks and towns.

My BIL has lived where I do now since 1986. We'll be driving someplace, through open farmland or hills, and he'll say something like, George used to live on the corner there, till his house burned down.....must have been 30 years ago.

23 posted on 08/02/2022 8:08:07 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: SunkenCiv

They noticed the name Hulagu Khan on the mailbox.


24 posted on 08/02/2022 8:12:04 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: C19fan

I do not believe that was a respect deal, as the Mongols had a thing about not spilling royal blood if I recall correctly. Which is strange considering how much blood they spilled overall, but I suppose us commoner blood don’t count.


25 posted on 08/02/2022 9:17:22 PM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: Deaf Smith

It’s analogous to trying to draw a straight line a mile long with a two-inch ruler. :^) Give or take the occasional repopulation / ethnic cleansing.


26 posted on 08/03/2022 4:14:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: minnesota_bound; oldvirginian

lol


27 posted on 08/03/2022 5:20:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: JohnnyP

It’s a dry cleaner in Koreatown...


28 posted on 08/03/2022 5:23:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
>>mile long/two inch ruler

That goes for most of the continent of Africa.

For thousands of years, most of the other peoples of the world understood that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line and would use similar to taunt string to make a straight line between two anchor points…from inches to a modern mile.

29 posted on 08/03/2022 7:42:53 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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Mongols speaking Malayalam – What a sunken ship says about South India & China’s medieval ties
The silent ceramic objects that survive from medieval Indian Ocean trade carry incredible stories of a time when South Asia had the upper hand over China.
Anirudh Kanisetti
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https://theprint.in/opinion/mongols-speaking-malayalam-what-a-sunken-ship-says-about-south-india-chinas-medieval-ties/1119338/


30 posted on 09/11/2022 4:05:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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