Princess of Xiaohe

Princess of Xiaohe
Princess of Xiaohe
	The "Princess of Xiaohe"
Material	Natural mummy
Created	1800 BCE
Discovered	Xiaohe Cemetery
	Xiaohe Xiaohe

The Princess of Xiaohe (Chinese: 小河公主) or Little River Princess was found in 2003 at Xiaohe Cemetery in Lop Nur, Xinjiang. She is one of the Tarim mummies, and is known as M11 for the tomb she was found in. Buried approximately 3,800 years ago, she has European and Siberian genes^[1]^[2] and has white skin and red hair. She is unusually well preserved, with clothes, hair, and eyelashes still intact.

^ "新疆美人"小河公主"穿越3500年栩栩如生". 中國新聞網. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ 作者：NICHOLAS WADE，编译：潘婷 (2010). "揭秘死亡罗布泊：考古发现4000年前木乃伊" (in Simplified Chinese). 新华网，来源：南都周刊. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[1] "新疆美人"小河公主"穿越3500年栩栩如生". 中國新聞網. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] 作者：NICHOLAS WADE，编译：潘婷 (2010). "揭秘死亡罗布泊：考古发现4000年前木乃伊" (in Simplified Chinese). 新华网，来源：南都周刊. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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