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The mummies of Ürümchi
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The mummies of Ürümchi

Author: E J W Barber
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
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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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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