The brutal and genocidal ruler of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, died in 1227 in mysterious circumstances. Some say he was killed in action, others suggest Khan - the head of the one of the ...

Like us on Facebook. RENO, Nev. — Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin, the principal investigator of an effort to locate the tomb of Genghis Khan, has won the Desert Research Institute’s 2014 Nevada Medal.

Genghis Khan, a figure of immense historical significance, led a life filled with conquests and cultural integration. His ...

Although Kravitz has been seeking Genghis Khan's tomb for 14 years, the coming dig is likely to generate more than the usual interest here.

He added that Genghis Khan left testament for his burial place to be kept secret, and all the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) followed suit. So far not a single Yuan Dynasty emperor's ...

While the geophysical surveys that the Valley of the Khans group plans to conduct usually just serve as preliminary surveys before an excavation, Lin said he hopes that, in this case, they will ...

Genghis Khan united warring tribes to become leader of the Mongols in 1206. After his death, his descendants expanded his empire until it stretched from China to Hungary.

" (Genghis Khan's tomb) will be a tremendous discovery of importance -- not only for Mongolian history, but for the history of the world," said L. Orgil, the Mongolian researcher who serves as the ...

China is renovating the tomb compound of Genghis Khan, expanding it from merely 0.55 square kilometers to 80 square kilometers to create a panoramic view of the Mongolian emperor's lifetime and ...

Archaeologists in Yangquan, China, have discovered an octagon-shaped tomb with walls covered in murals that dates back some 700 years, when the descendants of Genghis Khan ruled China.