Lady Dai Mummy
Just how this incredible level of preservation was accomplished has baffled and amazed scientists around the world.
Lady dai mummy. Lady dais mummification mystery unlike the dried out mummies found in ancient egypt and other parts of the world lady dais remains were remarkably preserved. The lady of dai otherwise known as the diva mummy is a 2100 year old mummy from the western han dynasty and the best preserved ancient human ever found. The outermost coffin was painted black to symbolize death and the passing of the deceased into the dark of the underworld.
And the lady of dai is considered the best preserved mummy ever. She was found in an unusually large coffin filled with wealthy artifacts and fine fabrics in mawangdui in changsha hunan province china. The mummy of lady dai.
The mummy which is now widely known as lady dai the diva mummy and the chinese sleeping beauty was found wrapped in many layers of silk and sealed within four elaborate coffins enclosed in one another. Researchers even found type a blood in her veins. Died 169 bc also known as lady dai or marquise of dai was the wife of li cang the marquis of dai and chancellor of changsha kingdom during the western han dynasty of ancient china.
Her body was preserved and she a mamber of the ruling class. One of the worlds most preserved mummies the lady of dai is still soft to the touch has bendy ligaments and is 2100 years old feb 25 2018 brad smithfield in 1971 a group of construction workers began digging on the slopes of a hill named mawangdui near the chinese city of changsha. Now more than 2000 years old xin zhui also known as lady dai is a mummified woman of chinas han dynasty 206 bc 220 ad who still has her own hair is soft to the touch and has ligaments that still bend much like a living person.
Xin zhui also known as lady dai or marquise of dai she was the wife of li chang marquis of dai who lived during the han dynasty. After 2000 years her skin was still supple shed retained her hair and eyelashes and her limbs and joints were still flexible. There was no doubt she lived an extravagant lifeher tomb was filled with luxuries that only the wealthiest of her era could afford.
Lady dai or xin zhui was the aristocratic wife of a han dynasty nobleman li cang.