Explorer Plans Hunt For Genghis Khan's Long-Lost Tomb 243
Velcroman1 writes "The tomb of brutal Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan — the one who created the world's most powerful empire by raiding and invading across Eurasia, not Kirk's nemesis — is a lost treasure archaeologists have sought for years. And one man thinks he knows where it is. Last fall Alan Nichols, the president of The Explorers Club, mapped out possible locations for the tomb of Khan (also known as Chinnggis Qa'an). His hypothesis: Khan's tomb is located in the Liupan Mountains in Northern China, where the emperor who was born in 1162 and is said to have perished from an arrow wound in August 1227. Next fall, Nichols plans the next phase of his research: pinpointing Khan's exact resting place. 'Ghengis Khan's tomb is my obsession,' Nichols, a noted authority on the emperor, said recently. 'I couldn't stop thinking about it. But I'm not happy just reading about it, or knowing about it. I need to have my feet on it.'"
This is not the tomb you seek! (Score:4, Funny)
*gestures*
Re:What about Jesus's ? (Score:5, Funny)
>Genghis Khan existed. Jesus not.
Jesus is everywhere, tending gardens across the United States. Cash only.
Re:after all these years (Score:5, Funny)
If the remains are genetically related to half of Eurasia, it's the real Genghis.
Re:What about Jesus's ? (Score:4, Funny)
Genghis Khan existed. Jesus not.
There is strong evidence [wikipedia.org] that Jesus existed. He may not have been divine, but he was almost certainly a real person.
Imagine if Jesus had hooked Genghis up with his breakthrough water-walking technology. Khan could have taken over the entire world. 100% of the earth's population would be related to him, rather than 10% of Asia or whatever it is. You couldn't ask a girl out without then discovering she's some distant relative. Earth would become Planet Redneck.
Re:Joke all you want (Score:5, Funny)
I used to be a Darwinian champion like you,
Then I took an arrow in the knee.
-- Chinnggis Qa'an
Re:Fox News "noted authority" (Score:5, Funny)
Just because someone at Fox News put "Noted Authority" on the Chiron under a TV guest doesn't mean they know what they are talking about.
That's just wrong, Fox doesn't lie. Just look at this paragraph:
Nichols now believes the Luipan Mountains that rise above the grasslands are the final resting place of the famed emperor, a short flight north of Hong Kong, near the Yellow River, off the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
That's completely accurate. The site is only about 1,000 miles north of Hong Kong, which is about the same as the short flight from Miami to New York. And it's only about 575 miles from the Pacific Ocean, which is definitely "off the coast" of it. It's not "on the coast", right? So it must be off the coast.
Re:What about the US empire? (Score:2, Funny)
Is this why all those asians look the same?