When Genghis Khan, conqueror of an empire that stretched from Korea to East Prussia, died in 1227, all witnesses of the funeral procession that bore his body home to his native valleys were killed, lest the people learn of his death. As a result, Western archeologists hunted for them but have never known for sure where the Khan's bones rest. One story is that he was buried under a great tree and that picked warriors stood guard until a forest grew to hide the spot. Nevertheless, last week an Associated Press dispatch told with unhistorical assurance of a silver...
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