Tangut Tombs: Art, rites, and afterlife beliefs in the Great Kingdom of the White and Lofty (1038-1227) - Paperbackby Diane Wen Zhang Goldberg (Author) Beyond being the first extensive work on Tangut funerary culture outside of China, this monograph offers insights into the Mi Nia (Tangut), a Central Asian people that are little known in the West despite the splendour of their imperial cemetery near Yinchuan and quality of their paintings in the Dunhuang Caves. In addition to a comprehensive survey of Tangut tombs, the research also investigates written documents