Came across a strange historical footnote while poking around, and I wonder what folks here might know of it.

Apparently, near the turn of (this) century, mummies were disinterred from the Uighur area of the Gobi Desert. This would appear not to be in any way relevant to a kilt forum. However, the discovering archaeologists described Cherchen Man this way: "His hair had been 'reddish brown flecked with grey, framing high cheekbones,' he had an 'aquiline, long nose, full lips and a ginger beard,' and was wearing 'a red twill tunic and tartan leggings.' The mummy is also described as looking 'like a Bronze Age European,' or even mores specifically, like 'a Celt.' [Wikipedia]."

The naturally mummified gentleman's remains were discovered in the company of corpses of a woman and a child. They apparently lived around 1,000 BCE.

So... was this early tartan-sporting fella a Scot, a Tatar... or an Irishman?