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Xin Zhui (Chinese: 辛追; [ɕín ʈʂwéɪ]; c. 217 BC –169 or 168 BC), also known as Lady Dai or the Marquise of Dai, was a Chinese noblewoman. She was the wife of Li Cang ( 利蒼 ), the Marquis of Dai, and Chancellor of the Changsha Kingdom , during the Western Han dynasty of ancient China.
The lacquered coffin of lady Xin Zhui (217–168 BC). Unearthed from Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui, 2nd century BC Manuscript on silk, 2nd century BC. Mawangdui (simplified Chinese: 马王堆; traditional Chinese: 馬王堆; pinyin: Mǎwángduī; lit. 'King Ma's Mound') is an archaeological site located in Changsha, China.
The museum has a collection of more than 180,000 objects, including items found in the tombs of the Marquis of Dai and his wife, Xin Zhui, in Mawangdui. [ 1 ] The museum was closed on 18 June 2012 for renovation and expansion works and reopened on 29 November 2017.
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[citation needed] The 1972 excavation of a tomb at Mawangdui discovered the extremely well-preserved body of Xin Zhui or Lady Dai, which resembled that of "a person who had died only a week or two before". [65] A subsequent autopsy on her corpse found "abnormally high levels" of mercury and lead in her internal organs. [66]
A fact from Xin Zhui appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 November 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that more than 2,100 years after Lady Dai died, an autopsy revealed the cause of her death? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/November.
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