Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania presents an illustrated lecture: "The Bronze Age Mummies of Small River Cemetery 5." For thousands of years the occupants of the lands that would later become the Silk Road buried their dead in the desiccating sands of Taklamakan Desert, which preserved body and clothing, allowing an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of an ancient people.
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