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...marble slab were five rough slabs of limestone. Under them, the ebony coffin in which the conqueror lay in robes " of gold brocade. Except for the head, the skeleton was well-preserved in musk and rose water, and the scientists discovered that philology was right (Tamerlane comes from Timur Leuk, meaning Timur the Lame) : his right leg was shorter than his left. With him were buried two sons and his astronomer grandson, Ulugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Conqueror | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

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