The Celts Who Went to China
In 1934, Swedish archaeologist Folke Bergman excavated a burial site near Ürümchi in Northwestern China. The inhabitants of the tombs were not what you would expect for the region. They were Caucasian in appearance, with red hair and tartan clothing. Bergman reportedly noted how similar the remains were to Bronze Age Danish burial sites with their embroidered clothing and the bodies entombed in what appeared to be upside-down boat coffins. If these were the mummified remains of Indo-Europeans, what were they doing buried in ancient China? This is the story of the Celts who migrated to the far east.
In 1934, Swedish archaeologist Folke Bergman excavated a burial site near Ürümchi in Northwestern China. The inhabitants of the tombs were not what you would expect for the region. They were Caucasian in appearance, with red hair and tartan clothing. Bergman reportedly noted how similar the remains were to Bronze Age Danish burial sites with their embroidered clothing and the bodies entombed in what appeared to be upside-down boat coffins. If these were the mummified remains of Indo-Europeans, what were they doing buried in ancient China? This is the story of the Celts who migrated to the far east.