The mummies share many typical Caucasian body features, and many of them have their hair physically intact, ranging in color from blond to red to deep brown, and generally long, curly and braided. Their costumes, and especially textiles , may indicate a common origin with Indo-European neolithic clothing techniques or a common low-level textile ...

Mar 17, 2018 · Despite beliefs that Europeans only entered the Tarim Basin via the Silk Road in the 12th Century AD, the mummies have distinctly Caucasian features, a fact the Chinese government has been reluctant to admit. Who were these early European settlers of China? And why did they make the Tarim Basin their home? The Takla Makan Basin in the Tarim Desert.

Oct 28, 2021 · Decades ago, researchers discovered hundreds of naturally mummified bodies buried in boats in a barren desert in northwest China. Dated to as long as 4,000 years ago, the mummies’ clothing and...

Oct 27, 2021 · The Tarim Basin mummies have been a mystery ever since European explorers discovered them in northwestern China in the early 20th century. They were tall, wore wool felt hats and leather booties, and some had fair hair—all suggesting they were strangers from a …

Jul 18, 2015 · Within a nondescript Bronze Age cemetery first discovered by Swedish archaeologists in 1934 and rediscovered by the Xinjiang Archaeological Institute in 2000, researchers have found the oldest and...

Oct 28, 2021 · In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, mummies with distinctly Caucasian features were unearthed in China's Tarim Basin. Where did they come from ? These remarkably preserved bodies, dating...

Jan 16, 2014 · The Tarim mummies are Caucasian and this fact has given credence to the claims of the local peoples, the Uyghur, who look more European than Asian that they are the descendants of the original inhabitants of the area and not …

You might not know that white mummies were found in China. These amazing white mummies found in China show us a part of history that has been completely forgotten. How did they get there? And who were they? Read on for the full story about this incredible find.

Jan 12, 2010 · Since the discovery of the caucasian-featured Tarim mummies in Xinjiang, scientists have been trying to uncover links between the ancient people who buried these mummies and modern citizens of the area.

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors...