Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The Search for Genghis Khan’s Tomb


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It's not hard to understand why Genghis Khan wanted the location of his tomb to be a secret. In fact, the Mongols that buried Khan’s body flattened the land around the tomb by riding their horses to keep the location hidden. Those Mongolians were then killed by soldiers, just to make sure the secret location could never be disclosed.

For the last 800 years, people have searched for the tomb of Genghis Khan. No one has found it — but now some scientists, working with ordinary people, are using new technologies to try and discover the tomb of the great Khan. You can read about these efforts here.