Don't blame me if you are scared ill!!! It's a top secret of modern China that the ancient mummies buried in the Taklimakan Desert were discovered repectively in 1970s and 1980s. Their bodies are very well preserved. What appears to be more incredible is that there are a big number of people from Caucasus among them, who inhabited in central Asia 4000 years ago. Nobody knows why they moved here and why their culture vanished. The researchers believe that these people from Caucasus followed the herd to arrive here from the Great Prairie in Eastern Europe and settled down. How did they learn the technique of making mummies?
According to the result of carbon detection, this baby mummy has a history of 3500 years
The throat of this mummy was tied up so that his tongue seemed to be standing out.
This baby was buried in the grave which was covered by sand of the desert when he was about 1 year old.
The examination of this mummy shows that the very original surgical operation was probably conducted on this man. However, it failed.
She, 20 years old, was called "Wupu Woman" and died 3200 years ago. She, the well-known "beauty of the Ancient Loulan Castle", lived 4000 years ago. After taking away the silk covered on her face, scientists found out that she was a typical example of women who lived in Caucasus region.
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