# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cherchen-man
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:06:42.101Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cherchen-man"
name: "Cherchen Man"
slug: "cherchen-man"
description: "Cherchen Man or Chärchän Man or Ur-David is the modern name given to a mummy found in the town Cherchen, located in current Xinjiang region of China. The mummy is a member of the group known as Tarim mummies. His naturally-mummified remains were discovered in Tomb 2 at the Zaghunluq cemetery, near the town of Qiemo (Chärchän) in the Taklamakan Desert of north-west China. Other such remains have also been recovered at sites throughout the Tarim Basin, including Qäwrighul, Yanghai, Shengjindian, Shanpula (Sampul), and Qizilchoqa."
tagline: "Natural mummy from the talkaman desert"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Cherchen_Man_mummy_in_XUAR_Museum.jpg/330px-Cherchen_Man_mummy_in_XUAR_Museum.jpg"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "-1001"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.800437333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%94%E6%9C%AB%E7%94%B7%E5%B1%8D"
    title: "且末男屍"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherchen_Man"
    title: "Cherchen Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hombre_de_Cherchen"
    title: "Hombre de Cherchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherchengo_gizakia"
    title: "Cherchengo gizakia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "チェルチェンマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B"
    title: "Черчен адамы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_uit_Cherchen"
    title: "Man uit Cherchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Черченский человек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81"
    title: "చెర్చన్ మానవుడు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87er%C3%A7en_Adam%C4%B1"
    title: "Çerçen Adamı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5091856"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump