Yingpan man
The Yingpan man (Chinese: 营盘美男) is an ancient mummy which was excavated in the Yingpan cemetery located in the northeastern Tarim Basin. The mummy was 1.98m (6 feet 6 inches) tall, and dates to the 4th-5th centuries CE.[1] The deceased may have been Sogdian, and he was wearing clothes decorated with Hellenistic motifs.[1][2][3][4] The mummy is located in the Xinjiang Museum.
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Yingpan man, Xinjiang Museum.
Gallery
Hellenistic motifs on the dress of the Yingpan man
Hellenistic motifs on the dress of the Yingpan man
References
- Cheang, Sarah; Greef, Erica de; Takagi, Yoko (15 July 2021). Rethinking Fashion Globalization. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-350-18130-4.
- Puigdevall, Federico (15 December 2017). The Secrets of Ancient Tombs: Tutankhamun's Tomb and Other Ancient Tombs. Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-5026-3263-0.
- Schoeser, Mary (6 October 2022). World Textiles. Thames & Hudson. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-500-77779-4.
- Mierse, William E. (31 December 2022). Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road. ABC-CLIO. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-4408-5829-1.
Sources
- Wang, Tingting; Fuller, Benjamin T.; Jiang, Hongen; Li, Wenying; Wei, Dong; Hu, Yaowu (13 January 2022). "Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 669. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04383-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8758759.
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