How satellite imagery may finally uncover the tomb of Genghis Khan

When Genghis Khan died, he didn’t want to be found.

So soldiers in his burial party butchered anyone they saw on their way to his burial tomb. Then they killed the people who built the monument. Then, finally, they killed themselves.

Who knows whether the perhaps apocryphal tale is true but even today, nearly 800 years after he death of the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, the location of his tomb remains unknown.

Many people have tried to find it, from archaeologists who uncovered Genghis Khan’s palace to a lawyer from Chicago who led an expedition to 60 unopened tombs in the Mongol warlord’s realm.

The quest is for history – and for riches. According to Mongolia Today, incredible treasures were buried with Genghis Khan from every corner of his vast empire and, as one researcher told the Associated Press, “if we find what items were buried with him, we could write a new page for world history”.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/how-satellite-imagery-may-finally-uncover-the-tomb-of-genghis-khan-9969261.html