Xiaohe Cemetery
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The Xiaohe Cemetery, also known as Ördek's Necropolis, is a Bronze Age site located to the west of Lop Nur, in Xinjiang, Western China. It contains about 330 tombs, about 160 of which were looted by g
The site of the cemetery; the vertical posts indicate the tomb locations
Xiaohe cemetery (fourth layer)
Xiaohe cemetery, the Princess of Xiaohe (female mummy with Western Eurasian features)
Xiaohe cemetery (boat coffins)
Tarim mummies
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The Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China, which date from 1800 BCE to the first centuries BCE, with a new group of individuals recently da
Xiaohe Cemetery
…have been excavated. The bodies, which have been buried in air-tight ox-hide bags, are so well-preserved that they have often been referred to as the "Tarim mummies". The Xiaohe remains have attracted considerable attention, particularly because of their "Caucasoid" appearance. Analysis of the Xiaohe population's…
The "Xiaohe Mummy", exhibited in Xinjiang Museum, is one of the oldest Tarim mummies, dating more than 3800 years ago. Another mummy from the same place is the "Princess of Xiaohe".
Sir Aurel Stein in the Tarim Basin, 1910
Mask from Lop Nur, China, 2000–1000 BCE
Burial XHM66 from Xiaohe cemetery, with boat-shaped coffin and mummified remains dressed in woollen garments.