Sand-Covered Huns City Unearthed

China Daily ^ | 10-8-2002

[sneakypete]

Thanks,Blam.

[sneakypete]

Are you talking about the Lapps? As in Lapplander?

Not that I know of. I can't rememer right now where the Laplanders came from.

[sneakypete]

Ahhh, you are using the slang form of the term "finn".

No,I was calling a Finn a Finn.

[Cogadh na Sith]

the Danube valley's slavic inhabitants and intermarried over time.

Hah! Slavs aren't 'white looking'--there's an old Russian saying: Scratch a Slav, wound a tartar. Look at Lenin and those mongolian features. The Magyar were probably the progeny of the caucasoid xiongnu coming back west to trade in europe.

[Thumper1960]

"And, it just so happens I had a few thousand photos of Courteney Cox lying around the walls and ceiling of my trailer house...."

But, do you have any of Courtney shaking her booty with Springsteen on-stage?

[rmlew]

Hah! Slavs aren't 'white looking'--there's an old Russian saying: Scratch a Slav, wound a tartar. Look at Lenin and those mongolian features.

The Russians are Slavs. (Strictly speaking they are the eastern mixture of Varangians and Slav, the western mixture are the Ukranians and Belorussians)
As for Vladimir I'lich "Lenin" Ulianov, he was at least 1/4 Volga Bulgar. His maternal grandfather was a Bulgar and Lenin was born and raised in what is now the Chuvash state.

The Magyar were probably the progeny of the caucasoid xiongnu coming back west to trade in europe.
Language doesn't work.

[Hank Rearden]

Who doing what now?

Never mind. I don't care.

[blam]

"The Magyar were probably the progeny of the caucasoid xiongnu coming back west to trade in europe."

Now you've got your thinking cap on.

I think most split the Tarim/Turpan basin going east and west due to a climate change that dried the whole region out. The Xiongnu assimilated with the Han and became the Hakka who migrated to southern China and elsewhere(IMO). I'm thinking that the earliest western version of the Hakka were the Picts. To this day, the Hakka are know as 'guests' in China.

[blam]

Christian Designs Found In Tombs Stones Of Eastern Han Dynasty

[lucyblue]

Thanks!

[RobbyS]

The real deal.
Maybe this will be on the tour I take to China in a couple of years. Meanwhile I will be waiting for National Geographic

[Thumper1960]

It was a music video from the early 80's. First time I ever saw Courtney Cox. Short haired, nice fittin' jeans and those blue eyes. Springsteen pulled her onstage and they "danced" in front of the "crowd".

[arm958]

Most are unaware that there is a equally interesting 'mix' on the other side of the Tarim Basin in China.

Hmmm, makes you wonder. Anyone else look at pictures of that seven foot something Chinese basketball player for Houston and see something faintly European (not just his height)?

[blam]

"Anyone else look at pictures of that seven foot something Chinese basketball player for Houston and see something faintly European (not just his height)?"

I've just seen him in a couple quick commercials. What do you see?

[bert]

My friend, we are in awe of your prolific posting of such interesting stuff. Some times we comment with parallel or supporting factoids, but sometimes we just read and try to digest.

[blam]

"My friend, we are in awe of your prolific posting of such interesting stuff."

Thank you, you are most generous. I guess my obsession is showing, huh? I have more questions than answers.

[blam]

China Unveils Another 'Army'

This article was excerpted from an article in Archaeology magazine which mentions that some of the figurines were clearly Caucasian. The New York Times excerpt fails to mention this fact. (I read both!)

[the-ironically-named-proverbs2]

bump

[greenguyo]

Anyone know how the Sythians of Siberia made their mummies?

[FairOpinion]

Thanks for putting this article, though a couple of years old, onto the Weekly GGG Digest.

Very interesting and I haven't seen it before.

I guess the Huns weren't just a bunch of savages. This city sounds impressive.