<--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: < <Well, since the ethnic Chinese who discovered them and the locals in <the area thought it was weird that the mummies were Caucasian, that's <good enough for me. While the Silk and Spice Roads were known to be in <operation 1000 to 2000 years ago, finding these people in that area <put the whole timeline of the area back several thousand years. I have <the book and it makes it quite clear that the AGE of the finds was <what they found remarkable- more recent Caucasian remains wouldn't <have been as odd. Also, these folks appear to be from a Celtic/Proto-<Celtic (in the broadest sense of Celtic, I'm not talking about Irish!) <people judging from their fabric.
You might find this interesting - https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html I'm thinking seriously about joining the project. Joannah ( just call me the elephant's child :-> ) _____________________________________________________________ Sluggy.Net: The Sluggy Freelance Community! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
