Remarkably well-preserved mummies have been discovered at an ancient burial site in China.
Archaeologists unearthed 167 tombs at the Xiaohe Tomb complex in the Lop Nur desert in the northwest Xinjiang region. The site is 174 km from the ruins of the Loulan Kingdom, an ancient civilisation that vanished 1,500 years ago.
"The mummies were unbelievably well preserved, even better than the mummies in Egypt," said Zhu Hong, director of the Archaeology Study Department of Jilin University. "Even the lice in the heads has been preserved," Zhu added ... The Times of India
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