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Very Surprisingly there doesn't seem to be a thread about this here.
The Mummies of Ürümchi are well preserved bodies of Indo-Europeans of the Nordid (and possibly Kelto-Nordid) variety discovered in China and dating from 4,000 years ago. This disproved Chinese theories about their cultural development being in isolation, and shows that not only was there presumably trade between ancient peoples, but also that white people inhabited parts of China in ancient times. This adds further proof to the myths that ancient Chinese Emporers were white eg the Chinese name for the lower classes means "Black Hair" which implies the upper classes didn't have black hair;
"The Tarim mummies are a group of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China, which date from 1900 BCE to 200 CE. Some of the mummies are frequently associated with the presence of the Indo-European Tocharians in the Tarim Basin, although the evidence is not totally conclusive. Victor H. Mair's team made the conclusion that the mummies are basically Europid and likely speakers of an Indo-European language."
The Caucasian, often heavily, tattooed mummies are of very tall blonde and red headed individuals with men up to 6'6" in height and would have been imposing figures in ancient times. They are dressed in very typical Indo-European tartan designs. They often have Marijuana with them. This has many implications for the introduction of culture to China by outsiders (or the other way) as Mallory and Mair note that: "Prior to c. 2000 BC, finds of metal artifacts in China are exceedingly few".
They were found here;
So probably have links to the Tocharians who were another Caucasian people living in the same area until they were wiped out or merged with the Uighur peoples.
Tocharians lived here;
Ancient depictions of them shows Caucasians with blue eyes and red hair (on left);
Photos of the Mummies;
Interestingly Genghiz Khan was discribed as red-headed with light eyes.
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