Bit of news from Jeremiah: apparently bodies of six people with long queues have been found in Xinjiang. He's got a pic from the Daily Mail linked, and I was going to paste it here but it is a bit icky if you're not into preserved corpses.
My first reaction was "what if they're faked?", which is really sad. Then again, considering the recently leaked photos of what at least seems to be a shopping center with all-fake stores (see here), maybe that initial cynicism is well-warranted.
If the bodies are authentic, however, I'm excited! They could be an excellent chance to do some historical forensics and object-driven history in the late imperial period, the novelty of which continues to surprise me.
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