A STATUE OF GENGHIS KHAN IN ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA. ... The exact cause is not known but may have been related to injuries he sustained falling off his horse the previous year.

His end didn't begin heroically. A guard walks down a set of stairs in front of the Genghis Khan statue at the Parliament Building of Mongolia in Ulan Bator on June 22, 2012. Mark Ralston/AFP ...

Genghis Khan, the legendary Mongolian ruler and horseman who invaded half the world in the 13th century, now keeps a watch over the land-locked and scenic country from the steppes.

A 250-ton stainless-steel statue of Genghis Khan outside the capital of Mongolia. A 250-ton stainless-steel statue of Genghis Khan outside the capital of Mongolia. Daniel Traub for Newsweek In the ...

Genghis Khan sits astride a stallion, grimacing as he clutches a gold-tinted stainless-steel whip. The statue’s pedestal is a columned, white-granite rotunda, and everything inside the rotunda ...

A likeness of Genghis Khan, a bit overweight and with a tiny chip on one of his shoes with the curving tip, holds court at the entrance to a new exhibit at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute.

The work's author relates that Genghis Khan fell from his horse during a hunting accident while the Mongols were preparing a military campaign against the people of Tangqut.

Genghis Khan’s last ruling descendant was finally deposed in 1920.” Daily live performances will feature Mongolian artists who will share traditional music and dances. Museum of the Rockies ...