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A mummy from the Xiaohe Cemetery, with dairy remains scattered around the mummy’s neck. ... Fu said, it was well preserved, as were her boots, hat and the cheese that laced her body.
However, a 2014 study led by Andrej Shevchenko showed that it was cheese. The cheese found on the mummies in this cemetery is the oldest preserved cheese in the world, likely made with a kefir starter. [8] [9] Her entire body and boots were also coated in a white substance, likely also a dairy product but so far of unknown origin. [6]
The oldest preserved remnants of cheese were identified on mummies in Xiaohe Cemetery in present-day Xinjiang. [12] [13] An Arab legend attributes the discovery of cheese to an Arab trader who used this method of storing milk. [14] [15] However, cheese was already well known among the Sumerians. [16]
The mummy is wrapped in a wool cloth, cowhide leather, and linen. She is wearing leather shoes. There were several items made out of clay and some grain found nearby. Unlike Egyptian mummies, which were preserved on purpose, the Loulan Beauty and other Tarim mummies were preserved unintentionally. The Loulan Beauty was buried near a salt lake ...
The mummies were wrapped in fabric and plant material. Between the layers of fabric were artifacts, including pottery, ceramics and tools. Archaeologists estimate that the bundles date to ...
Genuine Aztec mummies were "bundled" in a woven wrap and often had their faces covered by a ceremonial mask. [96] Public knowledge of Aztec mummies increased due to traveling exhibits and museums in the 19th and 20th centuries, though these bodies were typically naturally desiccated remains and not actually the mummies associated with Aztec ...
The Tarim Basin, with the Taklamakan Desert, and area of the Tarim mummies ( ) with main burial sites. Sir Aurel Stein in the Tarim Basin, 1910. At the beginning of the 20th century, European explorers such as Sven Hedin, Albert von Le Coq and Sir Aurel Stein all recounted their discoveries of desiccated bodies in their search for antiquities in Central Asia. [14]
Some people were mummified and wrapped in linen bandages. The front of the mummy was often painted with a selection of traditional Egyptian symbols. Mummy masks, in cartonnage, plaster, or stucco, in either traditional Egyptian style or Roman style, might be added to the mummies. [18]