Tomb of Genghis Khan

The location of the tomb of Genghis Khan (died 1227) has been the object of much speculation and research. As of 2009, the site remains undiscovered. Genghis Khan asked to be buried without markings. 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 legend, the funeral escort killed anyone and anything across their ... more

The location of the tomb of Genghis Khan (died 1227) has been the object of much speculation and research. As of 2009, the site remains undiscovered. Genghis Khan asked to be buried without markings. 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 legend, the funeral escort killed anyone and anything across their path, 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 (the same manner of burial of Sumerian King Gilgamesh of Uruk). Other tales state that his grave was stampeded over by many horses, that trees were then planted over the site, and the permafrost also did its bit in the... less