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...cancer; in Huhehot, Inner Mongolia. Because of his hereditary status, his large following and his cooperation with the new regime in Peking after 1949, Oqirhuyakt (the single-name form is common for Mongolians) became a regional official. The ashes of Genghis' 32nd-generation descendant will rest in the tomb of his illustrious ancestors on the Ordos Plateau...
...toasts Chinese leaders in the Great Hall of the People. He mourns at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He chokes up on the D-day beaches of Normandy...
...trail that led to the tomb began in 1962 when an employee of the Sun Oil Co. discovered Mayan ruins near Rio Azul, five hours by land from the nearest town. The oil firm passed along the information to Professor Richard E.W. Adams, a Mayan archaeologist now at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Lacking funds, Adams could not explore the region until this year. In the meantime bands of looters had dug into the tombs of the 500-acre area, carrying off jewelry, pottery and carvings. Once at the Guatemalan site, Adams turned his attention to a spot...
Adams decided to cut right through the platform, which eventually revealed the shaft and then the tomb. "I cried when I saw it," said Stuart, a staff archaeologist for the National Geographic Society, which helped finance the expedition. "I felt a little like a trespasser...
Most of the relics are valuable. Several of the pots would bring $12,000 to $15,000 on the current market. Collectors, however, will get no chance to bid on them: the entire contents of the tomb have been transported to Guatemala City and will remain there, under heavy guard, in government possession...