Tarim Mummies
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| Management number | 236849348 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | $21.98 | Model Number | 236849348 | ||
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The best-preserved mummies in the world are found not 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: these are the faces of ancient Indo-Europeans who settled in the Tarim Basin on the western rim of China some four millennia ago, 2000 years before West and East recognized each other's existence. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0500283729 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0500283721 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson |
| Dimensions | 6.75 x 1 x 10 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.15 pounds |
| Print length | 352 pages |
| Publication date | December 31, 2000 |
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