Ghengis Khan’s tomb has never been found for a variety of reasons. A project involving National Geographic is underway to look for this and other archaeological sites of significance in Mongolia. Think SETI@Home but with aerial photo interpretation. I’m not sure how they convey to people what they are looking for, but very intriguing. [Source: GeekDad | Wired.com. Image: Geo-Eye image from Wired.com]
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