Unveiling the Mystery: The Thousand-Year-Old Female Corpse of the Han Dynasty Mausoleum at Mawangdui - Worry-Free Hepatitis B Blog

by zhaoniupai on 2008-09-07 17:05:29

According to historical records, Xinzhui was the wife of Li Cong, the prime minister of the Changsha State of the Western Han Dynasty. She died in 186 BC (at about the age of 50), over 2000 years ago. In 1972, when Lady Xinzhui's body was unearthed from the tomb, her whole body was moist, her skin was intact, her hair was still there, the fingerprint and toeprint were clear, the muscles were still elastic, the joints could still move, and the cartilage tissues could be seen clearly by the naked eye. This is the first "wet corpse" with such a long history ever discovered in the world, shocking the world after it was unearthed. The following is the archaeological process of the tomb of Lady Xinzhui at the Mawangdui site in Changsha, organized for you by ZhaoNiuPai: