9 Fascinating Mummy Discoveries
These incredible pictures show a 700-year-old mummy in excellent condition, which road workers discovered by chance in eastern China. The corpse of the high-ranking woman is believed to be from the Ming Dynasty, the ruling power in China between 1368 and 1644. It was stumbled upon by a construction team that was looking to expand a street.
The mummy, which was found in the city of Taizhou in the Jiangsu Province along with two other wooden tombs, offers a fascinating insight into life as it was back then. Discovered two meters below the road surface, the woman's features - from her head to her shoes - have retained their original condition and have hardly deteriorated.
When the discovery was made by the road workers in 2011, Chinese archaeologists from the nearby Museum of Taizhou were called in to excavate the area. They were surprised by the remarkably good condition of the woman's skin, hair, eyelashes, and face. It was as though she had only recently died.
These incredible pictures show a 700-year-old mummy in excellent condition, which road workers discovered by chance in eastern China. The corpse of the high-ranking woman is believed to be from the Ming Dynasty, the ruling power in China between 1368 and 1644. It was stumbled upon by a construction team that was looking to expand a street.
The mummy, which was found in the city of Taizhou in the Jiangsu Province along with two other wooden tombs, offers a fascinating insight into life as it was back then. Discovered two meters below the road surface, the woman's features - from her head to her shoes - have retained their original condition and have hardly deteriorated.
When the discovery was made by the road workers in 2011, Chinese archaeologists from the nearby Museum of Taizhou were called in to excavate the area. They were surprised by the remarkably good condition of the woman's skin, hair, eyelashes, and face. It was as though she had only recently died.
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