The Tarim Basin Mummies by Victor Mair

The exhibition Secrets of the Silk Road explores the history of the vast desert landscape of the Tarim Basin, located in Western China, and the mystery of the peoples who lived there. Located at the crossroads between East and West, oasis towns within the Tarim Basin were key way stations for anyone traveling on the legendary Silk Road. Extraordinarily well-preserved human remains found at these sites reveal ancient people of unknown descent. Caucasian in appearance, these mummies challenge long-held beliefs about the history of the area, and early human migration. The material excavated suggests the area was active for thousands of years, with diverse languages, lifestyles, religions, and cultures present. This exhibit provides a chance to investigate this captivating material to begin to uncover some of the secrets of the Silk Road. Dr Victor H. Mair, Curatorial Consultant for "Secrets of the Silk Road," and co-author, The Tarim Mummies, discusses the ongoing discovery of these extraordinary mummies, what we have learned-and what remains to be uncovered.

Find out more about Secrets of the Silk Road, opening February 5, 2011 at the Penn Museum at http://www.penn.museum/silkroad

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[stonenz111]

Dr Mair looks like a powerful wizard.

[Sophia Jones]

Where is the rest of this video?! It's a shame to only one part up but not the rest, i was hooked...

[Angelic Stormz]

Isn't it great to learn that no religion can take away the beauty of the truth.. I appreciate those whose efforts produce evidence. In evidence we can sit comfortably, without propaganda and bible profits.

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in germany before 1933. really extremely similar!! the result is known.

[VendPrekmurec]

"skin color is phenotype" Skin color is a genotype which determine the phenotype; alleles (genes) indicated by using one or more letters to indicate the traits (example; AA, Aa, aa)

[Odessitization]

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response on my LOGICAL explanation, why there are different races, please?

the problem of this "believe" is: there are good and stupid, aggressive people in every "race" or culture". this racist theory says: only we are good... the planet is whole of "chosen peoples". all of them were parasites for others!!! especially for their neighbours, were abused by some power against their own people and other peoples. do you want to be the next "chosen people"???

there were very similar lies, published

[Odessitization]

PLEASE, STOP PREACHING! stay on the topic. god=year must be true (also after fomenko). and this is not intelligent to call him jewish troll, he destroys all the ideas of most religions, including jewish. after people, which you believe, is everybody, who is not with them "jewish". don't you notice this trick?

[VendPrekmurec]

fixed human history to the non human Saurian Genesis... Andronicus was executed (crucified) and became the "new Krst"... (Krstos), Christ... After that the new Slavic-Greek cult was born; since that era the God (human) "Christ" (also Krishna) was depicted on a cross (as a "savior"), parasitical "son" of "God"(Bacchus/ Osiris/Asura. ).

The term "Krstos Christ,Krishna derives from term "Krsna" or"Krsnuti" (also in later Church slavic language) which means "INCARNATED ONE"(ENLIVEN ONE) from above.

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if you have fair skin. you even need to see the light better, to get enough of "sleep hormon". in the south you need a dark skin to protect your body from the sunlight, so people of dark skin have a biological advantage. somebody, who doesn't understand it, is.... i don't want to offend nobody, but it is crazy and really stupid, sorry.

animals and plants of same species also differ because of their environment!

skin color is phenotype. a black can wear R1a if his father was R1a.

[VendPrekmurec]

Again Fomenko (as a Jewish troll) is correct only in few points: Old Jerusalem was located in current Turkey (Byzantium), Christ (Krstos) was crucified after 12th century AD; old Slavic&Greek Vedic emperor (Tzar; Sir) Andronicus(Andrei) Komnenus/Kamnin's army was destroyed by the Nagas/Nchsh (Bacchus/Osiris) Hybrid/Hebrew semitic tyrant Isaak Angelos (a real historical person) and gained to power over Byzantium; He and Sahendrin wrote the 1. Torah (in Hybrid; Jewish) language... and

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there are dozens of races!) are from other planets, but look like eachother, are similarly intelligent, have almost the same genetic code, can learn speak every language and even can get children with eachother??? really on what planet do you live?

an intelligent human must have recognised, that the color of the skin is an evolutionary reaction on the place, where you live. if you get too little sun light, you get ill, so in the north your clan will survive better and produce more children,