Wonderful information, thank you for taking the time to share this wealth! Cheers, Denis On Jan 31, 2009, at 1:56 AM, Loretta wrote: > Here's a NY Times article with a great photo, though it doesn't > discuss > either braids or plaids. > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/world/asia/19mummy.html > > These articles, one notably from the Archaeological Institute of > America, do > mention the plaid fabrics. > http://www.s8int.com/page26.html > > This is from a Nova article about mummies in general but does > include photos > of the mummies found in China including one with blond braids. > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/taklamakan.html > > No photos here, but I love the way this article is written, > particularly the > introduction. > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-meeting-of- > civilisations-the- > mystery-of-chinas-celtic-mummies-413638.html > > Finally, here are Google Books excerpts from "The Mummies of > Urumchi," by > textiles expert Elizabeth Wayland Barber, discussing the plaids. > http://books.google.com/books?id=xH1agYR4w40C&pg=RA1-PA138&lpg=RA1- > PA138&dq= > mummies+china+plaid&source=web&ots=hyVj75nPtd&sig=sw- > mM_SdfxD6y_D8Cj6d-jNNjv > A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > ~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message