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501:Archaeology
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217:Tarim Basin
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681:Categories
447:2018-05-09
402:References
366:Tocharians
66:Discovered
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558:26 August
221:Qäwrighul
194:mummified
338:See also
255:leggings
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186:Xinjiang
182:Cherchen
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61:1000 BCE
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