Sensational discovery! An 18th-century map may help find the secret tomb of Árpád, the Conqueror

We do not know much about the life of Árpád, the Conqueror. He conquered the Carpathian Basin between 895 and 907 as the leader of the seven Hungarian tribes and other nomadic peoples who joined them. But, apart from legends, we know little about when and how he died or where he was buried. His grave may be discovered with the help of a newly discovered map made in the 18th century.

Árpád was not even Hungarian?

Historians agree on little about Árpád, the Conqueror. We presume he was the leader of the strongest tribe of the seven, so he became ruler of the Hungarian tribal alliance before the Conquest of the Carpathian Basin. Based on the latest research, it might happen that his family was not even Hungarian but a former leading family or even monarch of an Asian empire, nomadic tribe or people because they knew a lot about how to reign well and make good decisions.

The Árpád family managed to unite the Hungarian (and other) tribes in Etelköz (Northeast of the Carpathian Mountains), conquered the Carpathian Basin and defended it from the franc invasion. Later, they successfully conducted a religious change, founded the Christian Hungarian state and ruled it for more than 300 years. That is a success story very uncommon among the peoples of the Eastern steppe, which mostly perished only decades after they arrived in Europe. One good example is the fearful Huns, later the Avars or the Pechenegs.

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Burried in a secret tomb

Despite that fact, we know almost nothing about the genesis, the history of the family or Árpád. For sure, he led the Hungarian tribes, defeated the francs in Pannonia (Transdanubia), secured the Western borders of Hungary and settled somewhere in the Buda, Esztergom, Székesfehérvár triangle. Later, that region became the centre of the Christian Hungarian Kingdom in the Middle Ages.