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- “Riddle of the Desert Mummies”: Scores of human mummies with Caucasian features have been exhumed from beneath the deserts of Western China, leading investigators to ask, “Who were these people and how did they end up in the heart of Asia?”
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Riddle of the Desert Mummies: Directed by Stephan Eder. With Jack Huang, John Malkovich.
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- Jack Huang, John Malkovich
- Stephan Eder
Documentary that examines human mummies with Caucasian features that have been exhumed from the desert sands of Western China. The program follows the DNA trail from the Gobi Desert to labs in Sardinia, Italy, where DNA analysis, carbon dating and scanning electron microscopy begin to unravel...
- Steve Eder
- Paolo Francalacci
Feb 10, 2006 · The first clue may be hair color, but then they speak about fabrics and DNA which suggests these mummies were of Europeans. These finds point to interactions way before Marco Polo. Some of the mummies were approximately 4,000 years old.
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Summary: In the Chinese region of Xinjiang, scores of preserved mummies have been exhumed from the desert sands. Some of these mummies are 4,000 years old, but the unique thing about them is that none of them are Chinese, they are all Caucasoid.
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Learn why these non-Chinese mummies -- some more than 4,000 years old -- are buried in the Chinese Takla Makan Desert and how they were preserved so well. DNA testing answers some of the mysteries of these blond- and red-haired people, some appearing to be European.
