The Tarim Mummies

The Tarim Mummies

Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West

by Victor H. Mair, J. P. Mallory

352 pages· 2008· ISBN 9780500283721
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Preserved in the Täklimakan desert sands of China lay the well preserved remains of a people who settled in the Tarim Basin four thousand years ago. This book forms the first comprehensive study of the mummies, their clothing and physiology, and also speculates on their identity. The possible contenders for the origins of these people and their linguistic background are discussed and the authors conclude with the rather controversial claim that these in fact represent the first Europeans in China. A most interesting and important book.

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