Although he didn't believe it, Han Peacock still took the piece of sheepskin and took a look, but it was just this look that aroused Han Peacock's interest.
"What's on this?" Han Peacock asked, pointing to some strange marks on the sheepskin.
"It should be the spiritual temple." Aunt Wang sighed and finally said.
Han Peacock was speechless. No wonder this aunt took out this treasure map so happily. It turned out to be because of this.
The markings of the spiritual temple are very clear, so Han Kongque recognized them at a glance, and because of this, the value of this treasure map has been reduced too much.
Anyone from Outer Mongolia, or anyone who has some idea about the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, knows that recently a joint archaeological team from Outer Mongolia visited Dargenhaan Village in Avlaga City, about 150 miles away from the capital Ulaanbaatar.
Nearby, the ruins of a spiritual temple were discovered.
Surprisingly, within seven miles of this temple, there are densely populated tombs of Mongolian leaders from various eras. Various signs indicate that the legendary Genghis Khan’s tomb is nearby...
Of course, the discovery of the mausoleum may have nothing to do with Genghis Khan's mausoleum, but someone found a stone tablet there with a famous quote from Genghis Khan inscribed on it.
"Warriors, let us mount our horses!" This was a sentence said by the emperor Genghis Khan when he led the Mongolian army on the expedition. But now, this sentence has inspired archaeologists from all over the world to "search for Genghis Khan"
trip.
As centuries passed, they searched almost the entire Mongolian steppe, some using mine detectors and even satellite photography, but without exception they all came back empty-handed.
So even now, where Genghis Khan is buried seems to be an eternal mystery.
Recently, a joint archaeological team from Japan and Mongolia announced that they have found the "key" that may open the mystery of Genghis Khan's mausoleum - Genghis Khan's "spiritual temple". If the identity of the "spiritual temple" is confirmed, then it will be
Target Genghis Khan’s mausoleum within a 12-kilometer radius of the temple.
If Aunt Wang's map is authentic, then the judgment of the previous joint archaeological team was correct.
If their judgment is correct, then this may be the greatest archaeological discovery of the 21st century.
"It seems that boss, you also know about the spiritual temple?" Aunt Wang said a little sarcastically.
Han Peacock nodded. Although the temple had been discovered, Han Peacock did not think that they could really find the tomb of Genghis Khan.
You must know that Genghis Khan's mausoleum is a legendary "secret burial", and it is because of the "secret burial" that the tomb has disappeared without a trace to this day.
Genghis Khan, named Temujin, once unified all the Mongolian tribes. In 1226, Genghis Khan went to Xixia for the second time. Xixia died the following year. Genghis Khan also died of illness in the army of Lingzhou (now Lingwu County, Ningxia) at the age of 65.
It is said that Genghis Khan's most loyal general followed the edict of "no funeral secrets" and transported the body back to his hometown and buried it in a hastily built mausoleum.
After the burial, tens of thousands of horses were sent out to run back and forth, the cemetery was leveled, and then trees were planted into a forest, and a single tree was used as a tombstone.
Subsequently, the leading general ordered 800 soldiers to kill all the more than 1,000 craftsmen who built the tomb, and these 800 soldiers were immediately silenced. This secret of the "Tian" name was finally brought to the tomb.
In order to make it easier for Genghis Khan's relatives to find the cemetery in the future, the general responsible for the burial killed a camel lamb on the grave, sprinkled the blood on it, and sent cavalry to guard the grave.
The soldiers guarding the tomb were not withdrawn until the grass grew up in the following spring and the cemetery was no different from other places.
If the children want to worship Genghis Khan, they should let the female camel whose lamb was killed at that time be used as a guide. Camels have the instinct to identify their own blood relatives, so the place where they stop and mourn is the grave of the Great Khan.
In fact, modern people are aware of this characteristic of camels, but if you think about it, you will know that this method of finding tombs is unreliable.
Sure enough, after hundreds of years passed, not to mention the female camel, even the descendants of Genghis Khan disappeared. Then who else can find Genghis Khan's mausoleum?
Of course, it is because it cannot be found that it is even more exciting, because no one has ever visited the imperial tomb, and whoever discovers it will become rich overnight.
Han Peacock looked at the treasure map in his hand. The temple was marked on it, but it did not indicate where the mausoleum of Genghis Khan was.
So even if we have found the location of the mausoleum, it is not easy to determine where Genghis Khan's mausoleum is.
Looking at the lines on the map, it looks like a child's random graffiti. It is not easy to find the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan based on such a map.
Of course, it was also because it was not easy, so Aunt Wang showed it to Han Peacock. Otherwise, she would have found a large number of treasures long ago and would have hidden in some prosperous city to enjoy her happiness.
A Mongolian expert predicted that Genghis Khan's mausoleum may contain a large number of rare treasures, and the handicrafts inside may even be more spectacular than the terracotta warriors and horses unearthed from Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.
This is not alarmist, because the tomb of Genghis Khan may contain priceless treasures that he collected from more than 20 kingdoms. These are the reasons that attract private archaeological teams to carry out the mission.
Therefore, Han Peacock was very interested in the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, so even if he saw a so-called map with random graffiti, Han Peacock did not want to give up easily.
In fact, when he came here unintentionally, Han Kongque had fantasized about the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, and it turned out that he had also obtained information in this regard.
Of course, this is also the result of Bai Xiaoyi's gossip salary. After all, there are unborn treasures from all over the world, and the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is the largest among them.
In fact, there is no record in the literature that there are treasures hidden in the tomb. Such rumors are due to two things.
First, there was a Persian who wrote a book called "History of the Conquerors of the World". He mentioned in it that after Genghis Khan died, Ogedai came to the throne, and his first order was to distribute food to Genghis Khan's spirit according to custom.
For three days, forty beauties were selected from clans and families. They wore expensive clothes decorated with gold and precious stones, and were sacrificed together with some horses.
The other is a person from the West who saw that when Kublai Khan's brother died, he was buried with a large amount of jewelry, gold, etc. From this, people speculated that there must be little-known treasures in Genghis Khan's tomb.
However, where exactly the tomb is hidden is still a mystery. Even now, it is only confined to a certain area.
Currently, archaeological experts from various countries agree on four locations for the delineated location of Genghis Khan's tomb: one is located south of the Kent Mountains in Mongolia and north of the Kherulun River; the second is located in the Hangai Mountains in Mongolia; the third is located in Ningxia, China
The Liupan Mountain; the fourth is Qianli Mountain located in Ordos Otok Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.
Of course, the first two are more likely, but in China, archaeologists once discovered a family diagram of Genghis Khan in the Qianli Mountains of Inner Mongolia, which showed the heads of Genghis Khan's three wives and four sons, so Genghis Khan
There are also mausoleums where they can be buried.
Of course, the "Chengling Mausoleum" has also been discovered in China, but this is not the real Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, it is just a place for sacrifice.
So so far, there is no definite result about the location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum. Although explorers or archaeologists from China, Russia, Mongolia and other countries have put forward various opinions, there is no academic conclusion yet.
Since no one has discovered it, it means that the large number of treasures buried with it at that time have not been obtained by anyone, so this treasure will definitely be spied on by others.
There are many people looking for this treasure. The more famous one is that an American billionaire once explored it at his own expense.
In 2000, the American explorer Murik Kravitz and his special archaeological expedition team composed of scientists, archeology professors and translators came to Outer Mongolia. Their mission was to find the mysterious tomb of Genghis Khan.
However, the Mongols respected Genghis Khan very much, so when he first proposed the expedition plan to the Outer Mongolian government, the Outer Mongolian government poured cold water on him.
But he did not give up and decided to go to Outer Mongolia in person to win the favor of the people in Outer Mongolia with his practical actions.
So he spent almost all his savings and lived in Outer Mongolia for six years, trying every means to please the people of Outer Mongolia.
In April 2002, this archaeological team discovered a walled cemetery in Baslit Town, Kent Province, 322 kilometers northeast of Ulaanbaatar, which contained at least 30 unopened tombs.
This ancient tomb is called "very likely the tomb of Genghis Khan".
However, four months later, the archaeological team suddenly gave up the excavation operation and withdrew from Outer Mongolia.
There are rumors that during the investigation, some members of the American archaeological team were bitten by many venomous snakes that suddenly emerged from the walls of the tomb, and their vehicles parked on the side of the mountain also slipped from the hillside for no reason, so the archaeological team
Decided to give up digging.
However, the real situation is said to be that the archaeological team was blocked by the Outer Mongolian government and private citizens.
Therefore, even if someone finds the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, it is almost impossible to obtain benefits, because in this country, they cannot excavate the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan casually.
After discovering the ruins of the spiritual temple, as well as some archaeological discoveries from previous generations, and now getting a rudimentary map, Han Kongque naturally became interested.
So, on a sunny day, Han Peacock also started this treasure hunting journey.
The Korean Peacock's first destination is located near Dargenhaan Village in Avlaga City, about 150 miles away from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
There is a ruins of a temple built on a square base here from the 13th to 15th centuries. This time is very subtle, so Han Kongque felt that Genghis Khan's mausoleum was probably nearby.
When we came here, we naturally wanted to take a look at the spiritual temple first. After walking around the periphery of the spiritual temple, Han Peacock soon made a discovery.