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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
E J W Barber |
| ISBN: | 0393045218 9780393045215 |
| OCLC Number: | 39093534 |
| Description: | 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Mystery mummies -- A man with ten hats -- Plus three women and a baby -- The "beauty of Loulan" -- The early explorers -- Tokharians and other hairy barbarians -- Hami and Hallstatt -- The oasis hoppers and their kin -- Pulses in the heart of a continent -- Sands of the silk road, sands of time. |
| Responsibility: | Elizabeth Wayland Barber. |
Abstract:
Examines the mummies located in the museums of Ürümchi, in Chinese Turkestan, which are from a blond Caucasian group of people dating as much as 4,000 years ago.
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