Military stronghold for Mongolian Conqueror Genghis Khan Found by Archaeologists

Scenes depicted in a Chinese medieval travel book gave clues to researchers, helping them locate what is said to be a 13^th century military outpost used by Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan.

As reported by The Asahi Shimbun, a team of Japanese and Mongolian archaeologists led by Koichi Matsuda, professor emeritus of Mongol Empire history at Osaka International University, has discovered the ruins of a fortress established by the Mongol leader and “commissioned by a close aide to Genghis Khan in 1212.”