It demonstrates the tension between that assumption and the reality that some mysteries are protected rather than lost.

The people who have searched have included professional historians, amateur enthusiasts, journalists, documentary filmmakers, and individuals whose interest in the question came from different places.

Some have been motivated by genuine historical inquiry.

Some have been motivated by the celebrity of the subject.

Some have been motivated by the kind of treasure-hunt impulse that attaches itself to famous unsolved mysteries.

The results of these searches have been consistently the same: no confirmed identification of the burial location.