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The Xiaohe cemetery complex contains the largest number of mummies found at any single site in the world to date. [6] The bodies are likely to have been transported significant distances for burial at Xiaohe, as no contemporaneous settlement is known to have existed near the tomb complex.
The Princess of Xiaohe (Chinese: 小河公主) or Little River Princess was found in 2003 at Xiaohe Cemetery in Lop Nur, Xinjiang.She is one of the Tarim mummies, and is known as M11 for the tomb she was found in. Buried approximately 3,800 years ago, she has European and Siberian genes [1] [2] and has white skin and red hair.
The mummies were found buried in upside-down boats with hundreds of 13-foot-long wooden poles in the place of tombstones. [56] DNA sequence data [57] shows that the mummies had Haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA) characteristic of western Eurasia in the area of East-Central Europe, Central Asia and the Indus Valley. [58]
The Bronze Age coffin was discovered during the excavation of the Xiaohe Cemetery in 2003. Since the woman’s coffin was covered and buried in the dry climate of the Tarim Basin desert, Fu said ...
More than 900 years ago, 22 people were wrapped in fabric and buried in Peru. Now, archaeologists have discovered their mummies — and the treasures they took with them to the grave.
Believed to have ruled for approximately 12 years between 2300 and 2181 B.C., Teti was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although Teti’s sarcophagus is 4,300 years old ...
The most noteworthy find at Uan Muhuggiag is the well-preserved mummy of a young boy of approximately 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years old. The child was embalmed, positioned into a fetal position, then placed in a sack made of antelope skin which was insulated by a layer of leaves. [3]
About 2,300 years ago, a wealthy teen's family buried him with 49 amulets made of gold and semi-precious stones. His body was sitting in the basement of Cairo's Egyptian Museum for over 100 years.