Tomb of Genghis Khan Found??

[J.A.A.]

Mongolia: Archaeologists Unearth Tomb Of Genghis Khan

What do you guys think...is it him or not?

-JA

 

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[Simon1]

Plausible. Under a river was the story I grew up with. I just read elsewhere that his tomb was relatively modest for a ruler of his stature, here, they refer to it as "crude". I give it a 75% chance of probability.

 

[devldog]

Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep an eye out on this story.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Interesting article. Pretty amazing accidental discovery! Whoever it was, he was rich and important, and Genghis Khan seems the most likely candidate. The finds line up with the legend.

 

[Ryano]

They've been looking for his tomb for a long time. Like Simon1 said, this certainly fits the bill. Funny how a lot of the great discoveries are accidental. I thought I had read elsewhere it was his chieftains or most loyal warriors that were (expected to be) entombed with him, not slaves. I imagine that's a day you wouldn't be looking forward to - the Great Khan's death. "Right - in you go!"

 

[J.A.A.]

My only question to this story is...why aren’t we hearing MUCH more about it assuming it’s actually true??

I would’ve thought that this would be considered a HUGE discovery (think: king tut) that we’d be seeing all over the press, and yet, I’ve only read about it on 2 different sites!
Strange

Then again, just to be fair, considering how recent this discovery/story is, there’s going to need to be a helluva lot more analyzation, investigation, & scrutinizing in general before anyone actually says it’s him with 100% certainty.

 

[MotherOfGeeks]

The lack of info and press coverage could be because it is in Mongolia and being studied by Chinese archaeologists. The political turf war on this one has got to be epic.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

The coins must have been used to date the remains (+\- 20 years).

 

[J.A.A.]

The lack of info and press coverage could be because it is in Mongolia and being studied by Chinese archaeologists. The political turf war on this one has got to be epic.

Fair point. Besides the archeologists taking their time verifying the discovery, the “political turf war” as you phrased it is definitely going to hinder the entire process for those of us living here in the west to receive any substantial information.

Side question: I’v heard the “buried under a river” theory many many times before for OTHER historical individuals tombs/treasures but whatever happened to the “on top of a sacred mountain” idea that has also been typically attributed to the lost tomb of Genghis Khan
(As “hunted for” by Josh Gates on an episode of Expedition Unknown)??

 

[patiodadio]

I have read that 1 in 200 Mongolians are direct decedents of the mighty Khan.

 

[Simon1]

Fair point. Besides the archeologists taking their time verifying the discovery, the “political turf war” as you phrased it is definitely going to hinder the entire process for those of us living here in the west to receive any substantial information.

Side question: I’v heard the “buried under a river” theory many many times before for OTHER historical individuals tombs/treasures but whatever happened to the “on top of a sacred mountain” idea that has also been typically attributed to the lost tomb of Genghis Khan
(As “hunted for” by Josh Gates on an episode of Expedition Unknown)??

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I watched that episode as well. Chinese were not really helpful and prohibited ANY exploration of any kind on the ground. When they did that LIDAR it looked interesting didn't it ?

 

[Simon1]

I have read that 1 in 200 Mongolians are direct decedents of the mighty Khan.

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Gives new meaning to marrying your cousin doesn't it.

 

[Kayaker13]

Fits the of his burial. Might just be him.

 

[J.A.A.]

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I watched that episode as well. Chinese were not really helpful and prohibited ANY exploration of any kind on the ground. When they did that LIDAR it looked interesting didn't it ?

Yes it did!
Funny how the Chinese/mongol “watchers” of that mountain made the shows host, cameramen, & producers get drunk with them before starting to trust them not to go up & potentially desecrate the sacred mountain (they’d apparently kill them if they did!).

Then, almost immediately after starting their “hunt” the next morning, almost as if they were intentionally planted, Josh finds a cache containing some sort of spear heads. Unfortunately, that happened basically in the last 5 minutes of the program and then (as usual) the show simply ended without any real resolution or object(s) found.

The truth is, I find the show to be more about getting a brief education on certain treasure-related topics rather than expecting them to actually ever find anything.

 

[A2coins]

I don't ever think they can finds anything!!!!!!!!!