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Finding Genghis Khan's Tomb From Space

rossgneumann writes Genghis Khan really, really didn't want anyone to know where he was buried. The soldiers escorting his body to its final resting place killed everyone they passed, killed the people who built the tomb, and then were killed themselves. An elegant solution to this problem bubbled up from two unlikely sources: a man described as a "modern day Indiana Jones" and amateur archaeologists.

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  1. ah the great ghengis khan burial by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a scientist ive studied this for quite some time. the troops who buried him were themselves killed by troops who were also killed, but not before the troops who killed the troops who killed the villagers were themselves killed and yet another regiment was dispatched to kill the troops killing the troops killing the troops.. Now in 2014 as we all know most of asia spends its time restlessly murdering anyone who has so much as heard of the poor chap. Its why textbooks today refer to the man as Gengles Mc. Kringle and hes portrayed as a bloated hamster living somewhere in cleveland.

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  2. Killed, killed, killed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    What a bastard.

  3. Khan!!! by colordotmatrix · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just ask James T. Kirk!!!!

    :-)

  4. Follow the breadcrumbs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't the trail of dead bodies lead them straight to the tomb?

  5. Re:History Channel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm not saying aliens but...

  6. it was a paternity thing by steak · · Score: 4, Funny

    all those illegitimate children were looking to hit up his estate for palimony.

  7. Re:His legacy is 2% by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Says the man posting as AC so he doesn't get murdered by Khan's descendants.

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