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To: blam

The people were called the Tocharians. They were an Indo-European people who, unlike the rest of the Indo-Europeans, moved east rather than west, and settled in the Uyghur region of China where they were assimilated by the much larger local population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarim_mummies


15 posted on 12/24/2006 5:01:17 PM PST by Decombobulator
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To: Decombobulator

You mean someone is finally acknowledging that some white people may have been there too. LOL


17 posted on 12/24/2006 5:03:09 PM PST by freekitty
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To: Decombobulator

The people were called the Tocharians.

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


35 posted on 12/24/2006 9:09:50 PM PST by wizr (Live life with a Passion!)
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