[spinestein]

[Yingpan Man not only had a gold foil death mask -- a Greek tradition -- covering his blonde bearded face, but also wore elaborate golden embroidered red and maroon garments with seemingly Western European designs. His nearly 2.00 meter (six-foot, six-inch) long body is the tallest of all the mummies found so far and the clothes and artifacts discovered in the surrounding tombs suggest the highest level of Caucasoid civilization in the ancient Tarim Basin region.]


Sounds like he was a Viking. :^)

[datura]

That fits pretty well.

[Right Angler]

The Vikings wear purple....

[blam]

"Do you know of any image on the web of this "Beauty Of Loulan"?"

I've posted her image before but can't find one presently. Here are some sketches of some of the mummies.

Chinese Mummies

"Sounds like he was a Viking. :^)"

They have been connected with the Celts of Halstatt, Austria.

[Graymatter]

Blond, Greek or whatever, he sure was headed the wrong way.
He was probably a warrior, whether voluntarily or not. Rich kings often paid good money for men like that, sometimes whole armies of them.