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China Striving For (Caucasian) Mummy Identification (2,800-YO)
Science Daily ^
| 12-24-2006
| Xinhua
Posted on 12/24/2006 4:43:09 PM PST by blam
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To: colorado tanker
"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."Yup. Lakes and river valleys that are now dry because the glaciers formed during the Ice Age have all melted away.
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12/26/2006 3:33:03 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
Especially intriguing to the scientists was the presence of a sack of marijuana leaves that archaeologists found buried with the leather-coat bound mummy. A 2800 year old stoner. The first hippie and still with us....
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12/28/2006 1:28:25 PM PST
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Wraith
(To have peace prepare for War.)
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