Genghis Khan sculpture unveiled in London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeRWeTJnX-M6TS8ldW7NlWjDaZilr4AEmsbdlkMV8XvVFsFdqnSNTtBkhXQ-5qMoOIM65yJJgVvsV_Prai0tZ3PbbdLYkPkulmuGxJmm8RSYX9Xuls-1ku3GY6qlgjUkjoiwRoLGwCEU/s1600/6933825888_4978a9189c_z.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeRWeTJnX-M6TS8ldW7NlWjDaZilr4AEmsbdlkMV8XvVFsFdqnSNTtBkhXQ-5qMoOIM65yJJgVvsV_Prai0tZ3PbbdLYkPkulmuGxJmm8RSYX9Xuls-1ku3GY6qlgjUkjoiwRoLGwCEU/s320/6933825888_4978a9189c_z.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px;">A bronze sculpture of Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan has been unveiled at Marble Arch in central London.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The 16ft tall (5m) statue captures the legendary leader wearing Mongolian armour on his steed.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The sculpture by artist Dashi Namdakov will stand next to Cumberland Gate until early September.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The artist, who had an interest in the nomadic tribes of Mongolia, wanted to honour the warrior on the 850th anniversary of his birth.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">He said: "If I wanted to show him as a warrior I would have shown him as a warrior, but he is a thinker in this case. He is a divine figure in my country."<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17703290" target="_blank">Click here to read this article from the BBC</a></b></div> <object height="315" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mw0jDXeK-gQ?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mw0jDXeK-gQ?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Genghis Khan sculpture unveiled in London

A bronze sculpture of Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan has been unveiled at Marble Arch in central London. The 16ft tall (5m) statue captures ...

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