Battle for the Xinjiang Mummies.

The article discusses how the U.S. researcher Victor Mair became involved in an ethnic conflict in China following the discovery of naturally mummified human remains in Tarim Basin. Topics include the controversy the discoveries created in the Xinjiang region of China, such as the ancestral claim on the mummies, and an in-depth overview of Mair's involvement in the fight to win approval from the Chinese government to allow research on the mummies.