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"which proved the three westerners had lived here for a long time and were accustomed to local traditions and customs"
These people may have established these traditions and customs.
1 posted on
07/06/2004 11:02:03 AM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Uhhh, how do they know that the skeletons are westerners?
2 posted on
07/06/2004 11:05:24 AM PDT by
AppyPappy
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To: blam
As their arms were posed in the traditional "hands up" position, experts have concluded that these were most likely French fleeing from some unknown ancient enemy.
5 posted on
07/06/2004 11:13:27 AM PDT by
catpuppy
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To: blam
1900 years ago is not so long. Roman times. Trade goods floated back and forth across the deserts, mountains, and steppes, and the routes were well established. While most of the trade was presumably staged, at least a few adventurous individuals would have made the entire journey.
Have we found any graves of Asian travellers of the period in the West -- aside from remains of the warring steppes tribes, of course, who were rather spectacularly present?
10 posted on
07/06/2004 12:29:18 PM PDT by
sphinx
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11 posted on
07/06/2004 12:31:41 PM PDT by
blam
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14 posted on
07/06/2004 1:39:50 PM PDT by
Fiddlstix
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Maybe they moved there to open a restaurant?
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"XINING, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Archeologists confirmed that the human skeletons discovered this May in northwest China's Qinghai Province belonged to three Europeans who lived in China over 1,900 years ago. "
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27 posted on
07/06/2004 7:23:57 PM PDT by
FairOpinion
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The earliest (known) contacts were via the cinnamon routes. It was a long LONG time ago. Its not inconcievable that someone, probably many actually, travelled back to China and just stayed.
To: blam
I love stuff like this. Thanks so much for posting it.
37 posted on
07/06/2004 8:47:32 PM PDT by
Artist
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38 posted on
07/06/2004 9:01:26 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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Personally, I wouldn't call anything from 1900 years ago, ANCIENT. Mentally I classify anything pre-Christ as ancient, post-Christ as well, not ancient ;-)
44 posted on
07/06/2004 10:59:05 PM PDT by
Cronos
(W2K4)
To: blam
So even then they had "running dogs of western imperialism" in China.
47 posted on
07/06/2004 11:04:51 PM PDT by
dfwgator
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To: blam
i knew it was you when i saw the header.
56 posted on
07/06/2004 11:23:15 PM PDT by
wardaddy
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To: blam
"These people may have established these traditions and customs."
I doubt that, Chinese civilization is very very old, and pretty as advanced as western civilization at any given time, until the industrail revolution.
85 posted on
07/07/2004 3:32:34 PM PDT by
jpsb
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To: blam
I wonder if these Tocharians went to Korea. Korea used to be really large, it spanned all the way to Manchuria, thousands of years ago. Actually, Manchuria was Korea. I notice Koreans have red hair. I know Arabs lived in Korea and married Koreans somewhere between 12th to 14th century.
117 posted on
11/21/2004 6:51:42 PM PST by
Ptarmigan
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To: blam
Archeologists confirmed that the human skeletons discovered this May in northwest China's Qinghai Province belonged to three Europeans who lived in China over 1,900 years ago.
Not so surprising -- there were emissaries sent between the Han and Roman Empires.
123 posted on
12/30/2005 3:02:55 AM PST by
Cronos
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To: blam
They could be Romans.
Or they could be Macedonians from Alexander the Great’s army.
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