His armies of horsemen charged down from the Mongolian steppe and put the world to sword, changing the face of Asia and Europe forever. Greatest of the Mongol warlords and with perhaps the most successful expansionist policy in history, Genghis Khan looms larger than life in the public consciousness even 800 years later. Here are ten famous people whose graves are unknown, perhaps waiting to be found.
But astonishingly some of our most famous figures from history did not receive this treatment, their bodies being lost to this day. Often such locations are the only human contact with our past, and it seems the ancients appreciated this also.įrom the ancient Egyptian pyramids which came to dominate their entire culture, to the opulent tombs of the European and American civilizations, a funeral of someone important was generally a grand event. Many such graves survive to this day, ruined or otherwise, and these tantalizing glimpses into history allow archaeologists to connect the stories of old with something real and tangible, saying with confidence “here is that person”. Throughout history the most prominent figures of their time, be they brilliant minds or simply kings and rulers, were put to rest in grand funerals, their tombs remembered for all time. Genius is, thankfully, often recognized within the person’s lifetime and many famous people were widely mourned when they passed.
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