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The mummies of Ürümchi / Elizabeth Wayland Barber.
Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:- 0393045218
- 9780393045215
- Mummies -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Bronze age -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Textile fabrics, Prehistoric -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Tarim Basin (China) -- Antiquities
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Antiquities
- Mummies
- Textiel
- Mumie
- Textilkunst
- Vor- und Frühgeschichte
- Sinkiang
- 393/.3 21
- GN778.32.C5 B37 1999
Contents:
Summary: Examines the mummies located in the museums of Ürümchi, in Chinese Turkestan, which are from a blond Caucasian group of people dating as much as 4,000 years ago.
Mystery mummies -- A man with ten hats -- Plus three women and a baby -- The "beauty of Loulan" -- The early explorers -- Tokharians and other hairy barbarians -- Hami and Hallstatt -- The oasis hoppers and their kin -- Pulses in the heart of a continent -- Sands of the silk road, sands of time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mystery mummies -- A man with ten hats -- Plus three women and a baby -- The "beauty of Loulan" -- The early explorers -- Tokharians and other hairy barbarians -- Hami and Hallstatt -- The oasis hoppers and their kin -- Pulses in the heart of a continent -- Sands of the silk road, sands of time.
Examines the mummies located in the museums of Ürümchi, in Chinese Turkestan, which are from a blond Caucasian group of people dating as much as 4,000 years ago.
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