Liqian

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Liqian ( Chinese  骊 靬 , Pinyin Líqián ) is a former district on the edge of the Gobi Desert in Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China . Today Yongchang County is located here .

The hypothesis is connected with the place that the descendants of Roman soldiers lived here. This is implemented on site for tourism. Genetic analyzes did not give any clear evidence.

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1332636/DNA-tests-Chinese-villagers-green-eyes-descendants-lost-Roman-legion.html
  2. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzYzOTI4MTky.html
  3. http://www.nature.com/jhg/journal/v52/n7/abs/jhg200782a.html

Coordinates: 38 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 101 ° 58 ′ 11 ″  E