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    Where is the tomb of Genghis Khan?

    We don't know and likely won't anytime soon. The Mongolians want it that way.

    Where is the tomb of Genghis Khan?

    Genghis Khan unified the Mongols and created an enormous empire that stretched from the Pacific Ocean to Ukraine by the time of his death in 1227; and his successors would go on to conquer even more territory.





    Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire in 1227 and at its greatest extent in 1279. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

    So, where is this charismatic leader buried? Does he have a monumental tomb like the pyramids built for the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, or a mausoleum with terra–cotta warriors, like the one built for China's first Qin emperor?



    The answer is that the location of Genghis Khan's tomb is unknown and unlikely to be found anytime soon. Moreover, some people in Mongolia might prefer that it is never found, as Genghis is regarded by some today with an almost religious reverence, experts tell Live Science.


    The tomb, wherever it may be, "is very important to the people of Mongolia with almost religious overtones," William Honeychurch, an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, told Live Science in an email. He declined to speculate on where the tomb may be located.

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    Contemporary sources are largely silent on where Genghis Khan’s tomb is or what it looked like. "There exists no historical or archaeological record describing the physical appearance of this tomb," a team of researchers wrote in a study published in 2014 in the journal PLOS One(opens in new tab). The researchers used satellite imagery to search for the tomb, and the satellite survey identified a variety of archaeological remains, but not the tomb of Genghis Khan.


    "The Secret History of the Mongols," an anonymously written Mongolian record that dates to some time after Genghis Khan's death, makes no mention of his tomb. It says only that in the year 1227, he "ascended to Heaven."


    However, the text does state that Genghis Khan felt strongly about Burkhan Khaldun, a sacred mountain in Khentii province. The text says that at one point in his early life, Genghis used the mountain's topography to escape from enemies who were pursuing him. The text quotes Genghis Khan as saying that "every morning I will sacrifice to Burkhan Khaldun, every day I will pray to it: the offspring of my offspring shall be mindful of this and do likewise!" The affinity that Genghis Khan had for this mountain has led to questions of whether he was buried there, but so far, no tomb has been found.


    When he died at around age 67, Genghis Khan and his army were campaigning against a group called the Tanguts in what is now northwestern China, and this may have made it difficult to return his body to Mongolia, wrote Frank McLynn, a historian, in his book "Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World(opens in new tab)" (Bodley Head, 2015). He may have been around 311 miles (500 kilometers) from the modern-day Mongolian border. The Mongols at this time may not have had knowledge of embalming techniques and may have been forced to bury Genghis Khan elsewhere because they couldn’t get his body to Mongolia before it decomposed, McLynn wrote. It's possible that Genghis Khan's remains and tomb are located in the Ordos region of northwestern China, McLynn wrote.


    Marco Polo's claims

    The Venetian explorer Marco Polo, who lived from 1254 to 1324 and spent around 17 years in China, said in the book "The Travels of Marco Polo(opens in new tab)" that 20,000 people who knew of the tomb’s location were killed in an effort to keep its location secret. Polo's stories were recorded in the book by a writer named Rustichello da Pisa, and the book was published around 1300.



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    Its not far from the tomb of his brother Genghis Khan't who wasn't nearly as successful a warrior and leader.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA View Post
    Its not far from the tomb of his brother Genghis Khan't who wasn't nearly as successful a warrior and leader.
    Genghis Khan killed him to remove a possible challenger to the throne.
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    Some other very famous historical figures whose burial sites are unknown: Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and Crazy Horse. In the latter instance, his people are, similarly to the Mongolian people, happy to have the location remain a secret.

    I recently watched a documentary about Alfred the Great, and they know where he was buried, along with some other Saxon leaders, but the tombs were long ago broken up and the bones scattered and lost.
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    I have written about this topic. Although it is a favorite subject of mine I must forego commenting.
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    It certainly seems to be a favorite subject of thriller-adventure fiction writers.











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    Probably a very smart idea considering all the Ancient Egyptian Tomb raiding!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Some other very famous historical figures whose burial sites are unknown: Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and Crazy Horse. In the latter instance, his people are, similarly to the Mongolian people, happy to have the location remain a secret.

    I recently watched a documentary about Alfred the Great, and they know where he was buried, along with some other Saxon leaders, but the tombs were long ago broken up and the bones scattered and lost.

    There is also the matter of so-called Sacred Relics of the time period. That includes bones and any personal artifacts.

    A number of these are probably Fakes of course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    It certainly seems to be a favorite subject of thriller-adventure fiction writers.

    He has a good series on Delta Force.
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