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> To honor the Khan’s wish of secrecy — we are entering deep into the territory of legend here — 2,000 people who attended the Khan’s funeral were slaughtered b
by davidw 6y ago
> To honor the Khan’s wish of secrecy — we are entering deep into the territory of legend here — 2,000 people who attended the Khan’s funeral were slaughtered by his army. The army was then killed by the Khan’s escort. The escort then killed anyone that crossed their path, in order to conceal where Genghis was buried. Finally, when they reached their destination, the remaining survivors committed suicide.
That seems a bit over the top.
- the_af 6y ago> The army was then killed by the Khan’s escort. I wonder which definition of "army" and "escort" this legend is using. Unless there was trickery involved (or it was done willingly) it stands to reason that an honor guard or escort cannot murder a whole army. This is probably just a legend.
- opportune 6y agoUnfortunately, they had no idea that one day satellites would make burial sites a little more conspicuous. There is good evidence that Genghis Khan is buried at Burkhan Khaldun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhan_Khaldun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhan_Khaldun). You can see a man-made earth mound at the top here: https://zoom.earth/#view=48.762048,109.009539,17z/layers=esri https://zoom.earth/#view=48.762048,109.009539,17z/layers=esr.... Of course, the Mongolian government would rather not allow searches or excavations for the burial site.