The mummies, which date back 4,000 years, were initially discovered a century ago in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE.

For the first time, scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

a team of archaeologists discovered mysterious white substances smeared on the heads and necks of several mummies found in the Xiaohe cemetery in Northwestern China's Tarim Basin. These mummies ...

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors ...