The grave of Genghis Khan, founder of the largest contiguous empire in history, has never been found.

1206 · 1227 · apart: 21 years

He was buried in secret in 1227, and legend says the site was hidden so that no one could ever find it.

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• Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan1206 · Onon River. An assembly of Mongol nobles at the headwaters of the Onon proclaimed Temüjin Genghis Khan, supreme ruler of all the Mongols. Within decades the state he created became the largest contiguous land empire in history.

13th century

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