The Yingpan man (Chinese: 营盘美男) is an ancient mummy which was excavated in the Yingpan cemetery located in the northeastern
Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in Northwest China occupying an area of about and one of the largest basins in Northwest China.Chen, Yaning, et al. "Regional climate change and its effects on river runoff in the Tarim Basin, China." Hydr ...
. The mummy was 1.98m (6 feet 6 inches) tall, and dates to the 4th-5th centuries CE.
The deceased may have been
Sogdian, and he was wearing clothes decorated with Hellenistic motifs.
The mummy is located in the
Xinjiang Museum.
Gallery
File:Red,20191110,by_Pu_Feng.jpg, Hellenistic motifs on the dress of the Yingpan man
File:Detail of the caftan of the Yingpan man.jpg, Hellenistic motifs on the dress of the Yingpan man
References
Sources
* {{cite journal , last1=Wang , first1=Tingting , last2=Fuller , first2=Benjamin T. , last3=Jiang , first3=Hongen , last4=Li , first4=Wenying , last5=Wei , first5=Dong , last6=Hu , first6=Yaowu , title=Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road , journal=Scientific Reports , date=13 January 2022 , volume=12 , issue=1 , pages=669 , doi=10.1038/s41598-021-04383-5 , url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04383-5 , language=en , issn=2045-2322
Sogdians