A naturally mummified woman from burial M11 of the Xiaohe cemetery. (Wenying Li/Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology) (CN) — Much of what is known about the people who occupied the ...

The cheese dates back around 3,500 years and was buried alongside mummies in the Tarim Basin in far west China. The team found the DNA of goats and fermenting microbes from Bronze Age dairy samples.

On the south of Tianshan Mountains lies the Tarim Basin. Scattered in the middle of is the Hami Basin, known globally for its juicy Hami melons, Turpan Basin aka The Flaming Mountains, and the Ili ...

The oases of the Tarim Basin connected China to India and the Tibetan empire across the Himalayas. The hoard in the Mogao ...

a team of archaeologists discovered mysterious white substances smeared on the heads and necks of several mummies found in the Xiaohe cemetery in Northwestern China's Tarim Basin. These mummies ...