In the Khentii province of Mongolia, road construction workers have found a mass grave near the Onon River that contains the bones of several human corpses that were laying on a sizable primitive stone structure.
It was discovered that the location was a Mongolian royal tomb from the 13th century that the scientists believe to be Genghis Khan’s after forensic experts and archaeologists were summoned.
The several skeletons found on top of the building, according to a group of scientists from the University of Beijing, were most likely slaves who built it and were later forced to keep the location a secret.
On the scene, the мs of twelve horses were also discovered, undoubtedly plenty to accompany the Great Khan in тн.
68 skeletons in total were discovered together, almost immediately on top of an unassuming stone building.
The tomb’s contents were dispersed and severely degraded, most likely as a result of the location being buried beneath the river bed for hundreds of years up until the Onon river’s route altered in the 18th century. Among hundreds of gold and silver items and thousands of coins, the skeletons of a tall male and sixteen females were found.
The women are presumed to have been wives and concubines of the leader, who were κιʟʟᴇᴅ to accompany the warlord in the afterlife.
The amount of treasure and the number of sᴀcʀιғιcᴇᴅ animals and people, have immediately led the archaeologists to consider that the site was certainly the ʙuʀιᴇᴅ site of a really powerful Mongol warlord.
After realizing an extensive set of tests and analysis, they were able to confirm that the ʙoᴅʏ belonged to a man aged between 60 and 75, who ᴅιᴇᴅ between 1215 and 1235 AD.
Both the age, the date, the location, and the opulence of the site seem to confirm that the tomb does indeed belong to Genghis Khan.
The simple rock dome discovered by the archaeologists, was presumably ʙuʀιᴇᴅ beneath the Onon river for centuries. The incontestable historical importance of Genghis Khan makes this new discovery one of the most important in the history of archaeology.
Born Temüjin (which means “of iron”), he was the founder and ԍʀᴇᴀтκнᴀɴ (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He is known for uniting the tribes of Mongolia and merging them into one before launching a series of military campaigns in cнιɴᴀ, Central Asia, the Middle East and even Eastern Europe.
He conquered more than 31 million square kilometers of land during his lifetime. His legacy has taken many forms besides his conquest and can still be found today, making him one of the most influential men in the history of mankind.
He connected the East and the West through the creation of the Silk Route, a trade route that would become and remain for centuries, the main network of trade and cultural transmission in Eurasia, opening long-distance, political and economic interactions between the civilizations.
Genghis Khan also has an incredible number of descendants, as some genetic studies have shown that he could be the direct ancestor of 1 human out every 200 who are alive today. In Mongolia alone as many as 200,000 of the country’s 2 million people could be Genghis Khan descendants.
