To The Ends Of The Earth: Mummies Of The Takla Makan

Record ID: 132100
  • Title: To The Ends Of The Earth: Mummies Of The Takla Makan
  • Date: 23rd March 1998
  • Summary: This programme follows an international team of experts deep into China's Takla Makan desert to discover the origins of recently uncovered mummies. The mummies are almost prefectly preserved in 3,500 year old graves. The Chinese government has since called a halt to all excavation in the area fearing the exposure of such ancient Europeans to the world whose origins serve to highlight their ethnic diversity from greater China. The anthropologists engaged in the excavation are Dr Charlotte Roberts,Professor Victor Mair and Dr Jeannine Davis-Kimball.
  • Description:This programme follows an international team of experts deep into China's Takla Makan desert to discover the origins of recently uncovered mummies. The mummies are almost prefectly preserved in 3,500 year old graves. The Chinese government has since called a halt to all excavation in the area fearing the exposure of such ancient Europeans to the world whose origins serve to highlight their ethnic diversity from greater China. The anthropologists engaged in the excavation are Dr Charlotte Roberts,Professor Victor Mair and Dr Jeannine Davis-Kimball.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:23/03/1998
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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