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)
Princess of Xiaohe
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The Princess of Xiaohe or Little River Princess is one of the Tarim mummies. She was found in 2003 at the Xiaohe Cemetery in Lop Nur, Xinjiang. She is also known as M11 for the tomb she was found in.
Xiaohe Cemetery
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The Princess of Xiaohe in 2009
Princess of Xiaohe. Beijing Capital Museum
The "Princess of Xiaohe" wearing her funeral clothes