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The lacquered coffin of lady Xin Zhui. From Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui, 2nd century BC The preserved body of Xin Zhui. Diagram of tomb no. 1, where Xin Zhui's body was found Western Han painted silk found draped over the coffin of Xin Zhui, it depicts the heaven (upper part), the human realm (middle part), and the netherworld (bottom part).
Western Han painting on silk was found draped over the coffin in the grave of Lady Dai (c. 168 BC) at Mawangdui near Changsha in Hunan province. An early Western-Han silk map found in Tomb 3 of Mawangdui, depicting the Kingdom of Changsha and Kingdom of Nanyue in southern China (note: the south direction is oriented at the top).
Also known as Lady Dai, she was discovered in the early 1970s at the Mawangdui archaeological site in Changsha. [53] She was the wife of the Marquis of Dai during the Han dynasty , who was also buried with her alongside another young man often considered to be a very close relative. [ 54 ]
The "extraordinary" tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian woman has been found 4,000 years after her death. On Oct. 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced on Facebook that the ...
The third ancient tomb, however, was well-preserved and relatively untouched, the institute said. A photo shows this tomb, known as M3. A view into the 1,800-year-old tomb M3.
[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]
The 2,200-year-old tomb complex is the “largest, highest-level and most complex” tomb of its kind ever found, reported the Shanghai Eye, a Chinese state-supported news outlet. Two artifacts ...
Feiyi found in the tomb of Lady Dai. Changsha nobility dressed similarly to contemporary nobles in the Han Empire. The forms of ancient Chinese clothing usually found in the tombs of Changsha aristocrats were silk gauze undergarments (襌衣, dānyī) and long robes with elaborately woven patterns. [59]