more lies from our euro friends
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Rather than exploring this wealth of archaeological evidence and
all of the questions it raises, the documentary recounts what
appears to be a completed story. It begins in 1987, when Mair
"stumbled" across the mummies in a museum in northwest China. It
ends in a dramatic denouement at a Buddhist temple complex where
the researchers "discover" a painting of a red-haired and
red-bearded figure. Although this image has long been known to
scholars and dates from only the seventh century A.D., the
filmmakers present it as a new discovery proving that the mummies
who predate the painting by more than a thousand years were
Tokharians with European features.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Rather than exploring this wealth of archaeological evidence and
all of the questions it raises, the documentary recounts what
appears to be a completed story. It begins in 1987, when Mair
"stumbled" across the mummies in a museum in northwest China. It
ends in a dramatic denouement at a Buddhist temple complex where
the researchers "discover" a painting of a red-haired and
red-bearded figure. Although this image has long been known to
scholars and dates from only the seventh century A.D., the
filmmakers present it as a new discovery proving that the mummies
who predate the painting by more than a thousand years were
Tokharians with European features.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->