The Tarim Mummies: The Mystery of the First Europeans in China by J. P. Mallory
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The Tarim Mummies
Summary
The best-preserved mummies are in the museums of Xinjiang, China. For thousands of years the occupants of the Tarim deserts buried their dead in the desert sands. The mummies' faces are European, and this study tries to explain their origin.
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Table of Contents
Beyond the centres - Tarim between east and west; east central Asia - players at the centre of the board; the linguistic landscape; testimony of the Hoe; the mummies themselves; Tartans in the Tarim; skulls, genes and knights; Tocharian trekkers; who were the mummies? legacy. Appendix: on the Tocharian problems.
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CIN0500051011G
9780500051016
0500051011
The Tarim Mummies: The Mystery of the First Europeans in China by J. P. Mallory
Used - Good
Hardback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
20000522
352
N/A
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