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The site remains undiscovered, although it is generally believed that it is near the K2 sacred mountain of Burkhan Khaldun in the Khentii Mountains. The Genghis Khan Mausoleum is a temple dedicated to Genghis Khan in modern-day Inner Mongolia, but it is not his burial site according to the Munkhchuluun Family living in the temple.
A detail from Strahlenberg's 18th-century map of "Great Tartary", showing "Karakoschun, or, the Tomb of the Great and Famous Genghis Khan" in the southern "Ordus". After Genghis Khan died in or around Gansu [7] on 12 July AD 1227, [8] his remains were supposedly carried back to central Mongolia and buried secretly and without markings, in accordance with his personal directions.
The Ikh Khorig (Mongolian: Их Хориг), or Great Taboo, is a 240 km 2 (93 sq mi) area in the Khentii Aimag (province) of Mongolia, believed by some to be the location of Genghis Khan's grave. It has been carefully guarded for most of its history, and it is only since the late 1980s that the area has been open to archaeologists. [1]
The mountain or its locality is believed to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan as well as his tomb. It is also the birthplace of one of his most successful generals, Subutai . The mountain is part of the 12,000 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi) Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area established in 1992.
A Turkish and Mongolian excavation team says swastika patterns on 13th-century ruins are a possible link to Genghis Khan's grandson, reports Live Science.
Then they set fire to the city and burned the tomb of Sultan Sanjar and dug up his grave looking for money. They said, "These people have resisted us" so they killed them all. Then Genghis Khan ordered that the dead should be counted and there were around 700,000 corpses. [8] A Persian historian, Juvayni, put the figure at more than 1,300,000. [40]
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The mausoleum does not claim to contain the remains of Genghis Khan. A 17th-century source asserts that only the shirt, shoes, and tent of the great khan were buried at the Ejin Horo Banner, [ 9 ] and even the few artifacts at the site were destroyed by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution .