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    <body><![CDATA[This book is like a detective story in which the hero is an expert in ancient textiles, except that she's also the author.<br/><br/>The mystery is, why are 4000-year old blond Caucasian people buried in a desert in (what is now) western China?<br/><br/>The author employs linguistic and archaeolo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24572264">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mummies found in the Northwestern region of China date back 4,000 years and are Caucasian. They are perfectly preserved (not shrunken like their contemporary Egyptian mummies) including their clothing. The book analyzes their textiles, the colors of their textiles and explores how these Caucasian pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5282364">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very readable book about mummies and textiles. Her husband is an expert in mummies and she is an expert in textiles. This a study of the 4,000 year old, red headed, caucasian mummies found in China. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a few years ago.  Its about caucasian mummies that were found on the Mongolian plains from millenia ago.  Very interesting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to find a used copy in Seattle, en route to Beijing and then to Urumqi itself!  Tells an amazing story about Caucasian mummies from 4,000 years ago unearthed from the desert in far-western China: who they were, how they got there, what language they may have spoken, and what kind ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13006607">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Decent overview of the possible origins of the Urumchi mummies.  A little too specific on the anthropology/archaeology of textiles, and a little too general the rest of the time.  Not bad though, but it leaves me seeking out more about them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It wasn't what I thought it'd be - most of the book focused on how they dated the mummies by looking at the felt/fabric with them.  While unexpected, it was still interesting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great chapter on the origin of Euro/Asian languages. And I want to get more plaid clothing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book.  Interesting material and well written.  I've read this book a few times.]]></body>
    
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