- Subashi
Subashi is a
lost city located in theTaklamakan Desert , on the ancientSilk Road , nearKucha , in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region ofChina . The city was partly excavated by the Japanese archaeologueCount Otani .A sarira, a
Buddhist relic box of the 6th-7th century, discovered in Subashi showsCentral Asia n men in long tunics, reminiscent of other friezes which have been called Tocharian.The "Witch of Subashi" is another famous archaeological artifact, the mummy of a woman with a huge pointed hat, thought to be a representative of early Caucasian populations who lived in the region around the beginning of our era.
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* [http://www.tohaku.jp/en/servlet/Con?processId=00&ref=2&Q1=&Q2=&Q3=&Q4=4____________&Q5=&F1=&F2=&pageId=E15&colid=TC557 The Subashi casket at the Tokyo National Museum]
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