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9780500051016
Book Title
Tarim Mummies : Ancient China and the Mysteries of the Earliest Peoples from the West
Item Length
10.2in
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.3in
Author
J. P. Mallory, Victor H. Mair
Genre
History, Social Science
Topic
Archaeology, Civilization
Item Width
7.2in
Item Weight
39 Oz
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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The best-preserved mummies in the world are not found in Egypt or Peru but in the museums of Xinjiang, the westernmost province of modern China. For thousands of years the occupants of the barren wastes and oases that would later become the Silk Road buried their dead in the desiccating sands of the Taklimakan, the second greatest desert on earth. This arid environment, preserving body and clothing, allows an unparalleled glimpse into the lives and appearance of a prehistoric people. While the mummies lie mute their faces eloquently challenge modern scholars to identify them. For these are not the faces of ancient Chinese but rather those of Indo-Europeans who settled in the Tarim Basin on the western rim of ancient China some four millennia ago, 2,000 years before West and East admitted each other's existence.

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Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500051011
ISBN-13
9780500051016
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Book Title
Tarim Mummies : Ancient China and the Mysteries of the Earliest Peoples from the West
Author
J. P. Mallory, Victor H. Mair
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Civilization
Publication Year
2000
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Item Length
10.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
7.2in
Item Weight
39 Oz

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Gn293.M34 2000
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
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Lccn
99-066166
Dewey Decimal
931
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by blauermax-usa
    Mar 07, 2022

    Fascinating overview of a remarkable discovery that changed history

    This is one of the most amazing books I have read, a fascinating story that combines history with ethno-biology, genomics, archeology, paleontology, economics, linguistics, culture, and art to explain how bronze-age Indo-European people came to settle in the Tarim desert of west-central Asia (the Xinjiang province in today's China).

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