Skywizard
23rd August 2023, 16:13
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4,000-Year-Old Lost Tribe
A discovery of a Northern European tribe found in the northeast corner of Xinjiang
province, near the Celestial Mountains and the Taklimakan Desert on the edge of the
Gobi desert.
Chinese archaeologist Wang Binghus started searching for ancient sites. He began by following stream beds, and asking the locals if they had ever come across any broken pots and artifacts. He eventually came across a few people who pointed out that there was a place called Qizilchoqa, or, as the local people called it, Red hill. Here he made the most amazing discovery, the first of the mummies. It had been placed in a grave on the side of the hill.
It was a simple site, rush mats were on the floor, and some of the bodies were buried in the fetal position. In effect, the mummies were not what you would call real mummies, in the sense that they were not embalmed. They had been preserved in an amazing way. They had been placed in the ground, which had been subjected to a unique weather system. Heat, aridity, and bitter winter cold, mixed with salty soil, had preserved them better than other mummies found around the world. Even the clothing was still perfectly recognizable.
The bodies were excavated and taken to the museum in the city of Urumqi. There were 113 bodies taken from the site. At the time the Chinese government did not have enough funds to excavate the find. Wang eventually discovered three more burial sites.
The faces of the mummies were very well preserved, so, on closer examination, they could see that they were not Chinese. They had blonde hair, big eyes, and European noses.
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At that time, Chinese tradition had always shown the fact that they believed China had developed independently from the rest of the world. Because of this, the government was reluctant to bring the findings to the public attention.
But soon they realized that the proof was irrefutable.
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The most extraordinary thing about the mummies was the fact that their clothes were in such good condition. A jacket belonging to one man, over three thousand years old, still had a crimson edge. And the women had artificial extensions in their hair.
This tribe was obviously very advanced for its day. On one of the mummies, there is a scar that shows they had rudimentary operating skills. It had been sown up with horse hair.
The Chinese authorities were still a bit reluctant to let anybody know about them, so it has taken quite a long time for the West to be able to study them properly.
In 1993, they were allowed back with a team of geneticists from Italy. And this is when they began to study them properly. They used the most up-to-date technology of the time to confirm the date of the mummies. They now believe that they are about 4,000 years old, and the youngest at about 2,000. There are probably many more to be found, possibly in the same region of China, but it is also possible they could have settled anywhere in China, as long as the conditions were suitable to live in.
Source: https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-White-Tribes-of-Ancient-China
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4,000-Year-Old Lost Tribe
A discovery of a Northern European tribe found in the northeast corner of Xinjiang
province, near the Celestial Mountains and the Taklimakan Desert on the edge of the
Gobi desert.
Chinese archaeologist Wang Binghus started searching for ancient sites. He began by following stream beds, and asking the locals if they had ever come across any broken pots and artifacts. He eventually came across a few people who pointed out that there was a place called Qizilchoqa, or, as the local people called it, Red hill. Here he made the most amazing discovery, the first of the mummies. It had been placed in a grave on the side of the hill.
It was a simple site, rush mats were on the floor, and some of the bodies were buried in the fetal position. In effect, the mummies were not what you would call real mummies, in the sense that they were not embalmed. They had been preserved in an amazing way. They had been placed in the ground, which had been subjected to a unique weather system. Heat, aridity, and bitter winter cold, mixed with salty soil, had preserved them better than other mummies found around the world. Even the clothing was still perfectly recognizable.
The bodies were excavated and taken to the museum in the city of Urumqi. There were 113 bodies taken from the site. At the time the Chinese government did not have enough funds to excavate the find. Wang eventually discovered three more burial sites.
The faces of the mummies were very well preserved, so, on closer examination, they could see that they were not Chinese. They had blonde hair, big eyes, and European noses.
https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_526/MTc0NjQwOTk0MDkwODIxNTc3/the-white-tribes-of-ancient-china.webp
At that time, Chinese tradition had always shown the fact that they believed China had developed independently from the rest of the world. Because of this, the government was reluctant to bring the findings to the public attention.
But soon they realized that the proof was irrefutable.
https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_580/MTc0NjQwOTk0MDkxMDgzNzIx/the-white-tribes-of-ancient-china.webp
The most extraordinary thing about the mummies was the fact that their clothes were in such good condition. A jacket belonging to one man, over three thousand years old, still had a crimson edge. And the women had artificial extensions in their hair.
This tribe was obviously very advanced for its day. On one of the mummies, there is a scar that shows they had rudimentary operating skills. It had been sown up with horse hair.
The Chinese authorities were still a bit reluctant to let anybody know about them, so it has taken quite a long time for the West to be able to study them properly.
In 1993, they were allowed back with a team of geneticists from Italy. And this is when they began to study them properly. They used the most up-to-date technology of the time to confirm the date of the mummies. They now believe that they are about 4,000 years old, and the youngest at about 2,000. There are probably many more to be found, possibly in the same region of China, but it is also possible they could have settled anywhere in China, as long as the conditions were suitable to live in.
Source: https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-White-Tribes-of-Ancient-China
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