The Mummies of Urumchi (9780393045215)

In the museums of Urumchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region in Western China - what we know as Chinese Turkestan - a collection of ancient mummies lies at the centre of an enormous mystery. Some of Urumchi's mummies date back as far as 2000 years - contemporary to the famous Egyptian mummies, but even more beautifully preserved, especially their clothing. Surprisingly, these prehistoric people are not Oriental but Caucasian - tall and large-nosed and blond with round eyes (probably blue). Where did they come from? What were these blonds doing in the foothills of the Himalayas? Elizabeth Wayland Barber describes these remarkable mummies, their clothing, and the world to which they so mysteriously belonged, piecing together their history and peculiar western connections, both from what she saw in Urumchi and from the testimony of those who explored along the Silk Road centuries earlier.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 240 pages
• Dimensions 187.96 x 243.84 x 25.4mm | 680.39g
• Publication date 01 Jan 1999
• Publisher WW Norton & Co
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note illustrations (some colour)
• ISBN10 0393045218
• ISBN13 9780393045215

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