[SunkenCiv]

Actually, I'm not sure I'd seen these links before. Fascinating...

I've not read or reviewed it, and wonder if anyone here has read Elizabeth Wayland Barber's The Mummies of Urumchi

[ValerieUSA]

uh-oh
I called you sunken_civ, but you are SunkenCiv.
My bad.

[blam]

"I've not read or reviewed it, and wonder if anyone here has read Elizabeth Wayland Barber's The Mummies of Urumchi"

Yup. I am presently completing it for the third time. Then, it's on to Victor Mair's, The Tarim Mummies, for the second time. The Tarim Mummies is the best. Victor invited Elizabeth Barber to become involved with his effort with these Caucasian mummies found in the Tarim Basin. Elizabeth is a textile specialist. The link in post #49 is about this subject. The Mummies of Urumchi is a good book too. (Victor Mair gives the whole story though)

[blam]

"I've not read or reviewed it, and wonder if anyone here has read Elizabeth Wayland Barber's The Mummies of Urumchi.

Yes, I've read it three times. It is an excellent book.

Victor Mair recruited a number of experts to go examine the Caucasian mummies he discovered in the back-room of the Urumchi museum. Barber was one of those (textile) experts.
J. P. Malloy and Victor Mair wrote a book, The Tarim Mummies, about the same subject and is even better than Barber's book. As FReeper JimSEA said, "I couldn't put it down." I've read it 2-3 times too.