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.

Yingpan man, Xinjiang Museum.

References

  1. Cheang, Sarah; Greef, Erica de; Takagi, Yoko (15 July 2021). Rethinking Fashion Globalization. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-350-18130-4.
  2. 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.
  3. Schoeser, Mary (6 October 2022). World Textiles. Thames & Hudson. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-500-77779-4.
  4. Mierse, William E. (31 December 2022). Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road. ABC-CLIO. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-4408-5829-1.

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