Ancient Xiaohe boat burials reveal symbolic water journey into the afterlife, new study finds

A recent study by archaeologist Dr. Gino Caspari is providing new information about the enigmatic Xiaohe culture of the Tarim Basin, an extraordinary Bronze Age civilization with unique funeral practices and remarkable preservation of organic material...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/ancient-xiaohe-boat-burials-reveal-symbolic-journey/

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Ha, I think I just ran across the one thing I *do* know that is out there, the #Xiaohe #Cemetery. Here's earlier imaging, I think it's the same thing. I need to check the coordinates. That's funny. Or, there's another one that hasn't yet been discovered that is similar. #satellite #Xianjiang #archeology (UPDATE: NOT THE SAME LOCATION AS XIAOHE!)
In a Desert in China, a Trove of 4,000-Year-Old Mummies - NYTimes.com

Chinese archaeologists unearthed a 4,000-year-old cemetery in Xinjiang Province that seemed to be a vanished people’s paean to the pleasures or utility of procreation.