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The clothing, which had not been altered, as well as some grave finds, indicated European peoples. From time to time, Europeans were recorded in the region.     he Roman Emperor Claudius had received some reports of the existence of people in the "basin" of Tarim who had light yellow hair, blue eyes, and were much taller than the Asians. Although the reports were not historically proven and were not a reliable source, they reinforced the researchers' view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57125c2c2b8dde54a34b537f/1612864766574-7F35TPJSJS36CMSW1TKO/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kDpghjcPZzacdukmtoBFiTRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWhcwhEtWJXoshNdA9f1qD7Xj1nVWs2aaTtWBneO2WM-snpEp84Yr8hFO9mCOZIJor0YXfiKGUzZZzE-MMXCwuHA/45a06d9cfc9d359f0654f1ab7875c086-266x400.jpg" data-image-dimensions="266x400" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="60225cfe0a40367f1a922759" data-type="image" data-image-resolution="300w" /> Due to the aridity of the desert, many features have not changed completely Did Greeks live in the Tarim area?   he Chinese historian Sima Qian had recorded in his files the story of the ambassador Emperor Wang Zhang Qian who had been sent west in search of allies against the Huns. During the journey, he was captured and when he managed to escape he found himself in the desert Takla Makan where he met the "Daiuan" (presumably Danaus). He described them as white, with beards and not slant eyes, and said they owned horses, beautiful buildings and objects, and statues. The area where they lived is said to have been Alexandria the Last, one of the cities founded by Alexander the Great. So if the conjecture is correct, the people described by Zhang Qian were Greeks. When the envoy returned, he told the emperor, who was especially interested in horses, about the people he had met. Thus began the contact and exchange of products. Based on this data, the existence of Greeks in the wider area is possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57125c2c2b8dde54a34b537f/1613059088232-XKSQDZTD813O6V95PFFE/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kBheVPUnbw2tYzcgqg5lSFNZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWEtT5uBSRWt4vQZAgTJucoTqqXjS3CfNDSuuf31e0tVFG4EiYI-PHdCf9BYcb_O1g59t0rxFTraErHHnIyIKRWY6KMSSxnjoFqXb1IWtWzXA/ancient+greek+china+mummy.jpg" data-image-dimensions="439x334" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="602554108ffab0605a35398b" data-type="image" data-image-resolution="500w" /> The costume of the mummy reminds the Europeans of that time The research results showed that the mummies had a heterogeneous origin. This is justified with the "mixing" of the peoples or with the existence of other races mainly for commercial reasons. The discovered mummies caused a political problem in the city as the residents of the area demanded their independence in the past, claiming that they were not Chinese. 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