TOKYO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Japanese and Mongolian researchers believe they have found a mausoleum for Genghis Khan in Mongolia that may give clues to his burial site.
Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, said in his will he wanted his burial site not to have markings to avoid grave robberies. To this day, his burial site has remained a mystery.
The Kyodo news agency reported Monday that archeologists from Japan and Mongolia said they have found a mausoleum believed to have been built between the 13th and the 15th centuries in the Avraga site in central Mongolia.
Noriyuki Shiraishi, of Niigata University, said the researchers believe the burial site of Genghis Khan is located within a radius of 7 miles from the mausoleum -- a similar distance between a mausoleum and a tomb found in other dynasties in the area.
In 2001, the scientists began digging at the Avraga site in the village of Delgerhaan in Hentiy Province and the excavation is expected to be carried on through 2007.
