# The Xiaohe mummies

> Naturally desiccated bodies dressed in felt and wool, with light hair, whose appearance fed the migrant readings that the genomes later tested.

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**ART** 0D90EE1Y0QG3·Artifact · sample

# The Xiaohe mummies

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Lowest layer about 1884-1736 BC

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Naturally desiccated bodies dressed in felt and wool, with light hair, whose appearance fed the migrant readings that the genomes later tested.

Baomi, 1884. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 2

**Photo** Baomi · commons.wikimedia.org · 2015-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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**Picture** Baomi · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiaohe_mummy_in_XUAR_Museum_01.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Xiaohe cemetery (Small River Cemetery No. 5)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D90DXPG04AT/xiaohe-cemetery-small-river-cemetery-no-5) · Cemetery

## Sources 1

- [The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DSHP05J1/the-genomic-origins-of-the-bronze-age-tarim-basin-mummies)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Xiaohe mummies [Artifact ART0D90EE1Y0QG3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D90EE1Y0QG3
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Key

**ART** 0D90EE1Y0QG3

Kind

Sample

Held by

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, Urumqi, and the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Dated

lowest layer about 1884-1736 BC

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Xiaohe cemetery (Small River Cemetery No. 5)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D90DXPG04AT/xiaohe-cemetery-small-river-cemetery-no-5)

Part of

[Tarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies)

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