Tarim Basin Archive

Mysterious White Mass Found On The Heads Of The Tarim Basin Mummies Identified

Mysterious White Mass On The Heads Of The Tarim Basin Mummies Identified

AncientPages.com | October 1, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In China, archaeologists have discovered several mummies naturally preserved by desert sand. However, the white mass found on their heads remained a mystery

What Can A New Study Of 5,000-Year-Old DNA Tell About The Mysterious Tarim Basin Mummies?

Civilizations

Has A New Study Of 5,000-Year-Old DNA Solved The Mystery Of The Tarim Basin Mummies?

AncientPages.com | March 31, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The mysterious, light-skinned Tarim Basin mummies unearthed in China have long puzzled scientists. Who were these ancient people? Where did they come from?

Archaeology

Mystery Of The Tarim Basin Mummies Continues

AncientPages.com | October 27, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - As part of the Silk Road and located at the geographical intersection of Eastern and Western cultures, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has

Secret Ancient World Buried Under The Vast Takla Makan Desert

AncientPages.com | June 1, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient people believed that there was no way out once you entered this place. A very long time ago, there were houses and

Sampul Tapestry - Tarim Centau. Image via wikipedia

Artifacts

Sampul Tapestry: Mysterious Silk Road Textile Linked To Hellenistic Kingdoms Of Central Asia And Tarim Basin

AncientPages.com | November 21, 2018

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This tapestry was unearthed during excavations in 1983/84 at an ancient burial site in the Tarim Basin's oasis settlement of Sampul (or Shanpula)