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The Tarim Basin, with the Taklamakan Desert, and area of the Tarim mummies ( ) with main burial sites. Sir Aurel Stein in the Tarim Basin, 1910. At the beginning of the 20th century, European explorers such as Sven Hedin, Albert von Le Coq and Sir Aurel Stein all recounted their discoveries of desiccated bodies in their search for antiquities in Central Asia. [14]
The oldest of the Tarim mummies, bodies preserved by the desert conditions, date from 2000 BC and were found on the eastern edge of the Tarim Basin. The mummies have been described as being both "Caucasoid" and "Mongoloid", and mixed-race individuals are also observed. [58] A genetic study of remains from the oldest layer of the Xiaohe Cemetery ...
Cherchen Man or Chärchän Man or Ur-David is the modern name given to a mummy found [when?] in the town Cherchen, located in current Xinjiang region of China. The mummy is a member of the group known as Tarim mummies.
The Qäwrighul culture is primarily known for its cemeteries. It is considered as the oldest of the Tarim mummies burial sites, going back to 2135–1939 BCE for its lowest layers. [3] The best attested of these are the cemeteries of Qäwrighul itself, in which at least forty-two burials have been uncovered.
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.
Spirit Cave mummy: USA: died about 9400 ago: St. Michan's Church mummies: Ireland: diverse lifetimes; e.g. a 400-year-old mummy of a nun: Sui Shaoyan (遂少言) China: died 67 BCE [41] Tarim mummies: China: 2000–300 BCE [42] Tetsumonkai: Japan: 1768–1829 [43] Uan Muhuggiag: Africa / Central Sahara: c. 3500 BCE: Venzone mummies: Italy [44 ...
Its production was depicted on wall murals in ancient Egyptian tombs in 2000 BC, and traces of the practice in Europe date back almost 7,000 years, but scientists say the Tarim Basin samples are ...
The oldest mummies found in the Tarim Basin are dated to the 2nd millennium BCE. In the first millennium BCE Indo-European-speaking Yuezhi nomads migrated into parts of Xinjiang. In the second century BCE the region became part of the Xiongnu Empire , a confederation of nomads centered on present-day Mongolia, which forced the Yuezhi out of ...