The "White" Chinese Mummies...!

I have to figure that mankind has traveled much further than ever expected, according to this story.

I can't help but wonder where these mummies originally came from, and why they were there in China. I just don't have a clue!

 The Tarim Mummies

An amazing discovery of 2,000 year old mummies in the Tarim basin of Western China occurred in the early 90s. But more amazing than the discovery itself was the astonishing fact that the mummies were blond haired and long nosed. In 1993, Victor Mayer a college professor collected DNA from the mummies and his tests verified that the bodies were all of European genetic stock. Ancient Chinese texts from as early as the first millennium BC do mention groups of far-east dwelling caucasian people referred to as the Bai, Yeuzhi, and Tocharians. None, though, fully reveal how or why these people ended up there.

Whoever these guys were, they could have used a good map. I have a feeling they were a long way from home!

Coffee out on the patio this morning!