Here we go again! They found the grave of Genghis Khan again. And again - in Kazakhstan. No, our people will more than once make the Shaker of the Universe turn over in his grave!
Only the search for Atlantis is more exciting than the search for the cherished grave. Because, unlike Genghis Khan, who lived and died, even this cannot be said for sure about Atlantis. But Kazakhstan, as you know, has no outlet to the World Ocean, and therefore Atlantis is not topical for us.
What can not be said about Genghis Khan. Indeed, here, with us, where many trace their family lineage from him, the memory of him is especially vivid and immediate. That is why Kazakhstanis consider it a matter of honor to find the coveted grave of their ancestor on their territory. But it is one thing to desire, and another to achieve. It is from this permanent discrepancy between desires and accomplishments that there are periodic nervous stuffing in the media (calculated, alas, mainly "for a fool"). "Discovery" does not stand up to criticism, but heats up the information space and feeds inspired romantics.
Could the Shocker's grave really be found on the territory of Kazakhstan? But what if? What a sensation it will be! Both the Universiade and EXPO will shyly fade from the realization of their inferiority!
… The great Khan-Ocean, whose stunning life completely erased the memories of the unlucky prince Temuchin (Temujin), the son of Yesugei-baatur from a noble family of Borjigins, died in August 1227. And immediately, as it were, doubled for history. While the chilled body of the real Genghis Khan, the character of the story, lay in the khan's yurt, another Genghis Khan, the legendary hero doomed to immortality, continued to lead the assault on the Tangut capital Etszin-ai (Idzin-ai). The Noyons concealed from the army the fact of the death of the formidable ruler, and the city, whose population trembled before his name alone, very soon ceased resistance.
The ruins of Khara-khoto, discovered by the eminent traveler Pyotr Kozlov during his Mongol-Tibetan expedition of 1907-1909, are the remains of exactly that Ezin-ai, under whose walls Genghis Khan died. Today it is the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia.
The funeral of Genghis Khan became an exciting mystery of history largely due to this memorial duality. Many places in Asia immediately began to claim the title of the Shocker's resting place. Although the number of witnesses attending the farewell ceremony was initially small. Witnesses who could tell something for sure. Because there were hardly many who wanted to attend the funeral event.
Here is what the famous Marco Polo writes (or rather, dictates to a cellmate), who himself did not meet with Genghis Khan, but was a witness much closer both to his era and to his heirs:
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“All the great sovereigns, descendants of Genghis Khan, you know, are buried in the great mountain Altai; and wherever the great sovereign of the Tatars dies, at least a hundred days' journey from that mountain, they bring him there to be buried. And here's another curiosity: when the bodies of the great khans are carried to that mountain, everyone they meet, for forty days, more or less, is killed with a sword by the escorts with the body and they say: “Go to the next world to serve our sovereign!” They truly believe, that the slain will go to the next world to serve their sovereign."
According to the famous historian and orientalist Vasily Bartold, “Genghis Khan died a natural death during the campaign against Tangut in 1227. His body was transported to Mongolia and buried on Mount Burkhan-khaldun."
Indeed, it would be strange if the great conqueror, who was engaged in the systematic augmentation of his native state and ordinary plunders of the conquered lands, were buried who knows where. After all, it was not some refined Alexander the Great with his ideas of ancient globalism and kulturtrager messianism. And it is also difficult to imagine that the founding father of the dynasty was buried in one place, and the family necropolis ended up in a completely different place.
However, no logic or authority interferes with the gambling search for the tomb of Genghis Khan on a vast territory. Including in Kazakhstan, where the body of the deceased under the walls of the Tangut capital could never get to (well, perhaps during the posthumous world tour, to collect a worthy escort in the next world).
All this vividly reminds the legends of other symbolic personalities of world history. About King Solomon, whose graves are scattered across half of Asia. Or the Muslim legend about Ali, "the lion of Allah", the conqueror of devas, djins and dragons, according to which a mourning camel with the body of a saint was divided into seven camels, which parted in different directions. So the graves of the Prophet's son-in-law are also scattered throughout the East, from Nejed to Shahimardan.
Roughly the same thing happened with Genghis Khan, who at the end of his stormy earthly life vainly dreamed of physical immortality and even, like the Chinese emperors, flirted with Taoist monks, recognized experts in this field, but did not escape death. The search for the lost (or hidden) grave of the Shaker of the Universe still does not allow archaeologists and historians, seekers of treasures and secret knowledge, esotericists and sorcerers, patriots and filmmakers to relax.
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