The Tomb of Genghis Khan - Khagan of the Mongol Empire

Thangarajan Gowthaman,
Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue

                    Genghis Khan asked to be buried without  markings  or  any sign. He  asked  to  be buried with his six cats while they were alive  so their  purs can  guide him to the afterlife to  the land  under the big  blue sky. After he died, his body was returned to Mongolia and presumably to his birthplace in  the  Khentii Aimag, where many assume he is  buried somewhere close to the Onon River. According  to one legend,  the funeral escort  killed anyone  and anything  that crossed  their path, in order to conceal  where  he  was finally buried.After  the  tomb was  completed,  the slaves  who built  it were  massacred, and then  the  soldiers  who  killed  them were also  killed.The Genghis Khan Mausoleum is  his  memorial, but  not  his burial  site. Folklore  says  that a  river was  diverted  over  his grave to make it impossible to find  (echoing the manner of burial  of  the Sumerian  King  Gilgamesh  of  Uruk  or  of  the  Visigoth leader Alaric).Other  tales  state  that his grave was  stampeded  over by many horses, that trees were then  planted  over  the  site, and  the  permafrost  also  played  its  part  in the hiding  of  the  burial site.The Erdeni Tobchi (1662) claims  that  Genghis  Khan's coffin  may  have  been  empty when it arrived  in  Mongolia. Similarly, the Altan Tobchi (1604) maintains  that  only  his  shirt, tent  and  boots were  buried  in the  Ordos (Ratchnevsky, p. 143f.). Turnbull (2003, p. 24) tells  another  legend  in  which   the  grave  was re-discovered  30 years  after Genghis Khan's death. According to this tale, a young  camel  was buried with the  Khan, and  the camel's  mother was  later found  weeping at the grave of  its young.
The Onon River, a site where Temüjin was born and grew up.
One in every 200  men  are hereditary relatives  of  Genghis Khan, one of history’s  greatest  commanders. From      a small tribe, he  grew  the  Mongolian Empire. And  his  resting  place is completely  unknown, as dictated  by Mongolian  traditions. When  a  tomb is completely  undisturbed,  there is protection  for  the  soul.                                                  Legend has it, 800 soldiers massacred all 2,000 people at his funeral before  killing  themselves. The  ground was  then  trampled  by  horses for several  months. Finally, a  river  diverted over it  to hide  the  tomb’s location.                                 Dr. Albert  Yu-Min  Lin of  the  University  of California  is  leading a crowd sourcing  effort, investigating  over  84,000  images  utilizing  drone-aircraft  technology. Around  10,000 volunteers  have  surveyed  more  than 2,300 square miles. The search is now down to 55 archaeological  sites.                                                                                                         The body is likely near the sacred Mongolian mountain “Burkhan Khaldun”, near Genghis Khan’s birthplace. At any rate, this mystery should solve itself before the end of the century.

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