These are also known as the Turim mummies and have also been studied from the aspect of the Silk Road textile tradition. Hard to know who was coming or going. As a weaver and a Celt with black Irish and Scottish heritage ( black hair, blue eyes) I'm fascinated by these folks . There is a lot of great material on these people. We were everywhere! David has it - always on the move! On Friday, January 30, 2009, at 05:49PM, "Loretta" <lynneage@house-of-lynn.com> wrote: >It seems to me that the world was a lot more mobile even in ancient times >than we usually think. Speaking of which, I wonder how many have seen the >publicity about accidental Celtic mummies in China. No joke. If anyone is >interested, I can send links to a couple of articles and photographs. The >mummies were accidental in that they occurred naturally because of the >desert climate in which they died. They are believed to be Celtic because >they have not only European features but also, in a few instances, long >blond braids and clothing that appears to be a type of plaid. > >-----Original Message----- >From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Hall >Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 05:23 PM >To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Moving back and forth > > >Well if you stop and think of today, how many millions of people are "on >the move?" For many many reasons! > >Not a historian but reckon there always has been people on the move! >Probably always will..... > > > >John Hogg wrote: >> As an afterthought to the discussion about moving from Scotland to >> Ireland, I have 4 second cousins in the Fermanagh / Tyrone area. (My >> grandmothers sister stayed there) During the violence a few years ago >> some of their children moved to Scotland to raise their families. >> >> So the reasons go on, back and forth >> >> John >> >> >> ------------- >> 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 >> >> >> --- >> avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. >> Virus Database (VPS): 090130-0, 30/01/2009 >> Tested on: 30/01/2009 22:17:43 >> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com >> >> >> >> >> > >------------- >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 > > > >------------- >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 > >