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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tarim River Tombs Alternative Name: Yanbulaq TombsCountry: China
NOTE: This site is 135.645 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Korla Nearest Village: Yanbulaq
Latitude: 41.057187N Longitude: 86.637545E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
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1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
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The Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China, which date from 1800 BCE to 200 CE. Some of the mummies are frequently associated with the presence of the Indo-Europeans in the Tarim Basin. The barow cemetery at Yanbulaq contained 29 mummies which date from 1100–500 BCE, 21 of which are Mongoloid—the earliest Mongoloid mummies found in the Tarim basin—and 8 of which are of the same Caucasoid physical type found at Qäwrighul. The study showed both Caucasian and Mongoloid characteristics in the more recent mummies. The most famous is the "Loulan Beauty," a well preserved high ranking female.
Original expedition by Sven Hedin Swedish-Chinese expedition 1927-1933. At the edge of the Gobi desert.
Note: These Are The World's Oldest Pants: Innovative apparel for nomadic herders 3,000 - 3,300 years ago. See comment.
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