A Man Named Genghis

A lot of blood was shed to keep a grave secret.

From Science Daily...

According to legend, Genghis Khan lies buried somewhere beneath the dusty steppe of Northeastern Mongolia, entombed in a spot so secretive that anyone who made the mistake of encountering his funeral procession was executed on the spot.

Once he was below ground, his men brought in horses to trample evidence of his grave, and just to be absolutely sure he would never be found, they diverted a river to flow over their leader's final resting place.

What Khan couldn't have envisioned was that nearly 800 years after his death, scientists at UC San Diego would [attempt] to locate his tomb using advanced visualization technologies.

The article is from October 2008 and there's no mention since then of finding the grave. If you want to lend a pair of eyes to help in the search, click here. As for me, I think they should let 800 year-old Genghis rest in peace.

P.S. Apparently, Genghis wasn't the only Khan to give archaelogists the slip. None of the tombs of the 33 khans who followed Genghis have been found.