Why Can't Anyone Find Genghis Khan's Body?

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Genghis Khan created an Empire so vast that at its peak it covered most of Eurasia some 23 million square kilometers for some perspective the Empire today would cover most if not all of Russia and China as well as Hungary Bulgaria Poland Kazakhstan the kyrgx Republic Uzbekistan Tajikistan Korea Burma turkey India Iraq and Iran that's a pretty impressive game of Risk so given he was such a big deal why and how is the final resting place of the great Khan not known Elvis Presley was just a king and we know where he's buried well it turns out the why part wasn't particularly unique or mysterious being buried at an undisclosed location was accustomed in Genghis Khan's tribe so he was just following his own tradition but the how part is a considerably more complicated story Genghis Khan died during a campaign against the Chinese Kingdom of West India but the exact cause of his death is a matter of speculation he may have been killed during battle or died from a wound that he'd suffered during the fall from his horse some months before there are also theories to suggest that he was stabbed to death by a kidnapped Princess not your typical Disney movie is it whatever the cause of his demise a morning Army brought Genghis Khan's body back to Mongolia to bury it in all likelihoods somewhere close to his birthplace or did they the trouble is this entire story is full of contradictions for example a competing Legend says Genghis Khan wasn't brought back from China at all and that the coffins said to contain his body was actually empty the truth is this is mostly guess what the first rule of secret burial Club is nobody talks about secret burial Club and the Army knew exactly how to stop tongs from wagging The Story Goes that in addition to the mourners they killed anyone and even any animal that was encountered on route to the burial site after the burial 1 000 horses were reportedly brought in to trample the ground removing any trace of the grave other accounts go even further describing how a river was diverted to hide the tomb that might sound a little far-fetched but Genghis Khan wants to use exactly this tactic to flood the capital of Weston's yard so it isn't outside the Realms of possibility the great Khan remains a revered figure in Mongolian culture His Image is widespread throughout the country adorning banknotes staring out from portraits that hang on walls and gazing across the landscape from large statues and monuments it's probably for this reason that most locals have respected his wishes to be left in peace well that and the rumored belief that his grave is cursed and the world will end if it's ever found either way attempt to locate Genghis Khan's grave have mostly come from foreigners and they've been at it for centuries most investigations have used clues in historical texts to narrow down the search area but as technology has improved tools Like Satellites have been utilized to search for any man-made disturbances or anomalies that could be used to pinpoint statues the National Geographic field project Valley of the khans recruited Ordinary People to hunt through satellite imagery in search of likely burial sites ten thousand volunteers identified around 2.5 million points of interest across the Mongolian landscape these were then whittled down by Expert Eyes leaving 100 sites that were physically investigated by a team on the ground but to even though this technique has helped to solve other missing person cases with Google Earth Genghis Khan was not destined to be one of them the truth is the two might never be found Mongolia covers an area of more than 1.5 million square kilometers and it's sparsely populated with very little infrastructure making it difficult to mount any kind of large-scale search the country is also made up of huge expanses of mountains and grasslands where any grave is unlikely to be Unearthed by accident in order to focus the search it makes sense to hone in on Ketty Province where the great Khan was born and where many experts believe he's probably married but this small search area is almost the same size as Austria that's like looking for a schnitzel in a haystack another problem tomb Hunter's face is that they don't really know what they're looking for Empires come and go and before the Mongol Empire there was a Zhong new Empire Genghis Khan was said to believe these rulers were his forefathers and even copied imagery from the Dynasty in his Royal designs if the graves of Zhong New Kings give us an inkling of what the great Khan's tomb could look like we're searching for a timber-lined room at a depth of 20 meters containing Genghis Khan's remains and various artifacts to be taken to the afterlife these artifacts are expected to include Treasures from across one of the greatest Empires history has ever known so you can understand why interest remains High at the surface above the tomb a square of stones would identify the grave but since Genghis Khan wasn't keen on being found it's unlikely Stone markers would have been used many of the clues as to the whereabouts of the burial place come from ancient texts but these can be as conflicting as Twitter posts about Donald Trump on one hand we have the legend of 1 000 horses trampling Earth above great Khan's grave that story suggests Genghis Khan is buried somewhere flat like the planes but in other accounts he's buried at the top of a sacred Peak known as Birkin cowaldon a part of the kenti mountain range where he once hid from enemies and swore to return to upon his death later in his life he even declared this area off limits to the general public strengthening the idea that this is a potential location for his grave the area was permanently guarded by Soldiers with orders to kill anyone who wasn't a member of the royal family which is how the region earns the title The Great taboo as you probably know the Second Great taboo happened in 1962 when someone first had the idea to put pineapple on pizza these days access to the Holy Mountain isn't much easier than it was back then women aren't allowed and anyone trying to confirm whether the great Khan is buried on the slopes of Burke and caldon will be disappointed the mountain and its surroundings have been declared UNESCO world heritage site the Khan Ketty strictly protected area so researchers are no longer allowed to dig there following the pattern of wild historical inconsistency yet another ancient record describes how court officials traveled from a mausoleum at Genghis Khan's Palace to the burial site on a daily basis in order to carry out ceremonial practices for the dead if that were true the whole story about mourners being killed by soldiers who were in turn killed by soldiers who were killed by more soldiers and so on until nobody knew anything would be a total fabrication but it would also mean that the gravesite was near enough to the Palace to be traveled to within a day that's been the Big Hope since 2004 when a promising Discovery was made that brought us closer to the truth than anything else that has come before it wasn't quite one foot in the grave but it was potentially one foot in the graveyard a team of Japanese and Mongolian archaeologists Unearthed what they believed to be Genghis Khan's Palace constructed around the year 1200. the remains of the structure are located on a grassland around 150 miles to the east of Ulan Bator the capital of Mongolia porcelain found at the site was successfully dated to Genghis Khan's time and the surrounding area fits the description recorded by a messenger from China in 1232 if as scholars believe the burial site would have been located somewhere near the palace then the archaeologists may be onto something for now the chances of locating Genghis Khan's tomb seem relatively slim Mongolia is simply too big and the clues that are filtered down through history two spots but one thing's for sure if the burial site is ever discovered it will be one of the greatest archaeological finds in history [Music] thanks for watching

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Published: Fri Mar 25 2022