Great Men and Women Whose Bodies Were Never Found

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I found this interesting and wanted to share it. Several historical figures' bodies down through history have just disappeared. Take the tyrant ruler, Genghis Khan for instance. He died in his sixties from what historians believe were long-term injuries when he fell off a horse. He requested that his slaves bury him in an unmarked grave. This was done but then the slaves were killed. The soldiers who had killed the slaves were also killed. No one has been able to find his remains to this day. Alexander the Great was one of the most significant emperors and conquerors in history. He died suddenly at age 33 after he fell sick after a feast. It is thought he may have died of something like malaria or he was poisoned. He was buried in a tomb made completely of gold. It was looted by other emperors until nothing was left. His breastplate was taken by the Roman emperor Caligula; and the Egyptian king, Ptolemy IX had the coffin melted down into coins. His remains have been missing since 200CE with all sorts of theories as to what happened to his remains stretching from Australia to Venice. Solomon Northrup, the African American who wrote the book "Ten Years A Slave" who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. He had regained his freedom and became a traveling lecturer around the country. In 1857, on a trip to Canada, he disappeared. Some believe he was again kidnapped and sold or that he was killed for his abolitionist beliefs. Others such as Leonardo da Vinci, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amelia Earhart, Jean Spangler( a model, dancer, and actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood) Glen Miller, and Davey Crockett have all disappeared in mysterious ways. What has become of them?