Yingpan man explained

40.9762°N 87.8296°WThe Yingpan man is an ancient mummy which was excavated in the Yingpan cemetery located in the northeastern Tarim Basin. The mummy was 1.98m (6 feet 6 inches) tall, and dates to the 4th-5th centuries CE.^[1] The deceased was wearing luxurious clothes decorated with Hellenistic motifs.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The Yingpan man may have been a Sogdian or more probably an elite member of the Shanshan Kingdom nearby.^{[5] [6]}

The mummy is located in the Xinjiang Museum.

Sources

• Wang . Tingting . Fuller . Benjamin T. . Jiang . Hongen . Li . Wenying . Wei . Dong . Hu . Yaowu . Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road . Scientific Reports . 13 January 2022 . 12 . 1 . 669 . 10.1038/s41598-021-04383-5 . en . 2045-2322. 8758759 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Cheang . Sarah . Greef . Erica de . Takagi . Yoko . Rethinking Fashion Globalization . 15 July 2021 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-350-18130-4 . 101 . en.
2. Book: Puigdevall . Federico . The Secrets of Ancient Tombs: Tutankhamun's Tomb and Other Ancient Tombs . 15 December 2017 . Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC . 978-1-5026-3263-0 . 88 . en.
3. Book: Schoeser . Mary . World Textiles . 6 October 2022 . Thames & Hudson . 978-0-500-77779-4 . 127 . en.
4. Book: Mierse . William E. . Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road . 31 December 2022 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-4408-5829-1 . 67 . en.
5. Book: Cheang . Sarah . Greef . Erica de . Takagi . Yoko . Rethinking Fashion Globalization . 15 July 2021 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-350-18130-4 . 101 . en.
6. Wang . Tingting . Fuller . Benjamin T. . Jiang . Hongen . Li . Wenying . Wei . Dong . Hu . Yaowu . Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road . Scientific Reports . 13 January 2022 . 12 . 1 . 669 . 10.1038/s41598-021-04383-5 . 35027587 . 8758759 . 2022NatSR..12..669W . 2045-2322.