Celtic mummies of the Taklamakan desert

In 1978, the Taklamakan desert in the desert region of Xinjiang, China, found five mummies are preserved very well. The strange thing is that mummy Celtic nationality of Europe thousands of miles away from the Taklamakan.These mummies are known as "Cherchen Man and Family ". Total mummies found there were five. One man, three women and a baby. According to the researchers, these mummies are ancient Caledonia tribe in central Scotland and was buried in that place for 3,000 years. 

Location of the discovery of the mummy is precisely the Taklamakan desert in Xinjiang region, southwest China. Ironically, the meaning of "Taklamakan" means "you are going and not going out". This area was once a part of the silk road trade route traveled by the foreign nations who come to China. So in fact not be too surprised if this celtic mummies found in the region. 

Mummy man has a brownish red hair, high cheekbones, sharp nose and beard. And buried six feet tall with a red tunic. DNA also proves that he is a Celtic.

Woman who was buried with the mummy had thick brown hair still looks shiny even after buried for 3,000 years. Was found beside a wooden comb that are familiar to students of ancient Celtic civilization



Mummified infant wrapped in the grave with beautiful brown cloth decorated with red and blue and a blue stone placed in his eyes. Besides the baby found a milk bottle made of sheepskin. 

Remarkable of these mummies, their bodies are much better preserved than Egyptian mummies.Victor Mair, an expert on ancient corpses and co-author of the book "Mummies of the Tarim Basin" says: "Modern and Ancient DNA suggests that ethnic Uighurs, Kazaks, Kyrgyz and Central Asian populations are a mixture of Caucasian and East Asia. " 

So most likely they are traders who then lived in the area and gave birth to the tribes in the region.Actually this story is not so mysterious. But is not it interesting, in a quiet Taklamakan desert, 3,000 years ago, a time when European culture is still considered barbaric and backward, a bunch of strangers living life in peace in foreign lands as well. Who are they? How do they live? Culture and knowledge of how they go forward? How they got to the Taklamakan? Are they a family? 

Corpse beside her with a comb and a dead baby with a bottle beside him. Is not moving?


(4to40.com)