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SHANGHAI, China, Dec 26, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A painting of a Mongolian funeral ceremony in the Arjai caves in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region might depict Genghis Khan's funeral.
The mural in one of the caves at the Arjai Grotto is about 20 inches long and 14 inches wide, the Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.
The painting depicts a Mongolian funeral where a man is held above a funeral pit by white cranes, said Pan Zhaodong, a researcher from the Social Science Academy of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
One well-dressed onlooker could very well be the prince who accompanied Genghis Khan to take over the Western Xia regime, while the other two are monks, Zhaodong told Xinhua. One of the monks is on his knees and appears to be praying, said the researcher.
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