China Striving For (Caucasian) Mummy Identification (2,800-YO)

Science Daily ^ | 12-24-2006 | Xinhua

[blam]

"Jade art objects would come in second."

LOL, it was the Tocharians who supplied all the jade to the ancient Chinese dynasties. I'm waiting for some Peruvian jade to 'turn-up' there, that'll be the clincher.

[decimon]

[blam]

Is this the southern anchor of that ancient trade route?

[CottShop]

you see? Proof positive that smoking pot turns you into a mummy. http://sacredscoop.com

[D-Chivas]

[decimon]

Yeah, but mine is dressed like a Tocharian mummy. :-)

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Do you correct people who use centigrade instead of Fahrenheit? Meters vs. feet?

I don't usually have the chance to rise to that one but it has potential. Possibilities include: "So, did you inherit your Bonapartism or did you acquire it from subersive school teachers?: or "Do you mean in terms of one ten-millionths of the North Polar quadrant of the Paris meridian?" One of my favorite party games is finding a smug believer in Darwinian evolution and asking them to estimate the amount of "monkey blood" that flows in their veins. Then, keeping my face very straight, I ask for their estimate of the percent of "simianism" they inherited from each parent. This question invariably leads to considerations of other family members. Even among the most rabid evolutionists, brothers-in-law invariably have more (and more recent) "ape-ish" descendants.

[Talking_Mouse]

I once did a weather forecast that had all the wind speeds in furlongs per fortnight.

One of my favorite buttons is:
"1,802,617,500,000 furlongs per fortnight; it's not just a good idea, it's the law"

What can I say but I'm a geek?

[MIchaelTArchangel]

It's Jerry Garcia. He only looked like a 2,800 year old mummy.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Looks like he might have been an ancient dealer. Got 'em hooked alright:

[elcid1970]

"Chinese seek identification of 2,000 year old Caucasian man"

Don't worry, the Chinese secret police will extract a confession from him, after which they'll sell his organs to wealthy Western buyers.

[Ptarmigan]

It has to be Tocharians. They lived in that area.

[familyop]

...or an ancient Siberian. Some of them were Caucasians. They've been found frozen and with small bags of pot. ...don't know why they (nomads) migrated all the way to where Scotland is now.

[blam]

"...or an ancient Siberian. Some of them were Caucasians. They've been found frozen and with small bags of pot. ...don't know why they (nomads) migrated all the way to where Scotland is now."

Yup. They were the northern leg of the drug trading route.

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[wizr]

The people were called the Tocharians.

Uh, is that where we get the word 'toke' for the "shaman's" drug of choice?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[Salamander]

Wow.
This one's a toughie.

:::rolls eyes:::

[wildbill]

Jimmy Hoffa or Judge Crater?

[Thombo2]

My God-that thing is huge!

[colorado tanker]

Thanks, blam. As I recall, there were some shallow glacier-fed lakes in the Tarim Basin at the time that supplied water to the Tocharians, that have since dried up.