The Yingpan man (Chinese: 营盘美男) is an ancient mummy which was excavated in the Yingpan cemetery located in the northeastern Tarim Basin. The mummy was 1.98m (6 feet 6 inches) tall, and dates to the 4th-5th centuries CE.[1] The deceased was wearing luxurious clothes decorated with Hellenistic motifs.[1][2][3][4]
The Yingpan man may have been a Sogdian or more probably an elite member of the Shanshan Kingdom nearby.[1][5]
General area of the Tarim mummies () with main burial sites, including Yingpan.
Hellenistic motifs on the dress of the Yingpan man
Hellenistic motifs on the dress of the Yingpan man
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^Wang, Tingting; Fuller, Benjamin T.; Jiang, Hongen; Li, Wenying; Wei, Dong; Hu, Yaowu (13 January 2022). "Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 669. Bibcode:2022NatSR..12..669W. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04383-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8758759. PMID 35027587.
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Wang, Tingting; Fuller, Benjamin T.; Jiang, Hongen; Li, Wenying; Wei, Dong; Hu, Yaowu (13 January 2022). "Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 669. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04383-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8758759.