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The Princess of Xiaohe (Chinese: 小河公主) or Little River Princess was found in 2003 at Xiaohe Cemetery in Lop Nur, Xinjiang.She is one of the Tarim mummies, and is known as M11 for the tomb she was found in. Buried approximately 3,800 years ago, she has European and Siberian genes [1] [2] and has white skin and red hair.
The mummy was found on April 1, 1980, in the Tiebanhe cemetery (铁板河墓) near Loulan, on the Silk Road in the Xinjiang, by Chinese archaeologist Mu Shunying (穆舜英) and members of the Archaeological Institute of the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences. She is one of the Tarim mummies, named after where they were found, the Tarim Basin. [3]
The Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China, which date from 1800 BCE to the first centuries BCE, [1] [2] [3] with a new group of individuals recently dated to between c. 2100 and 1700 BCE.
World's oldest cheese found on ancient Chinese mummies. Mithil Aggarwal. September 26, 2024 at 7:01 AM ... Since the woman’s coffin was covered and buried in the dry climate of the Tarim Basin ...
Chinese army officers were sent to colonize the area, and an office of commandant was established at Yixun. [21] A number of settlements in the Tarim Basin such as Qiemo and Niya were described in the Book of Han as independent states, but these later became part of Shanshan. While the name of the kingdom was changed to Shanshan by the Chinese ...
Like other mummies from the Tarim, Cherchen Man was buried in a tomb made of mud bricks topped with reeds and brush.The Cherchen man and the other female mummy were placed on multiple branches, with small mats underneath them that reduced the moisture in the tomb, adding to their preservation. [1]
The oldest of the Tarim mummies, bodies preserved by the desert conditions, date from 2000 BC and were found on the eastern edge of the Tarim Basin. The mummies have been described as being both "Caucasoid" and "Mongoloid", and mixed-race individuals are also observed. [ 54 ]
Experts believe the tomb was owned by a man who died in 736 AD at age 63, during the middle of the Tang dynasty, which ran from 618 to 907 AD.