In the 1970s an extraordinary mummy was discovered in the ground. Her preservation was so extraordinary, it left the Ancient Egyptian’s efforts in the dust. This mummy was so well preserved that her joints were still flexible after two thousand years buried. She could be dissected like a modern corpse. Her skin was still so soft. Her brain was still intact although it was half the normal size. How did the Ancient Chinese do it? Who was this woman?
Since then, this mummy still stumps and surprises the modern mind. She was still flexible. Limbs would normally break off in mummies. However, this woman's mummy was a star before the autopsy. This woman was an aristocrat and a major member of a ruling family. She had died 161 years before Christ. A reconstruction of the lady shows a beautiful woman. However, in later life, she was quite fat. Her tomb shows off her love of food. Two-thirds of the artifacts in her tomb dealt with food and there were a variety of food items were found in the tomb. There were recipes written in her tomb. She was a wealthy woman who could afford such delicacies. She had lacquer dinnerware in her tomb as well. There was a beautiful banner found in her tomb. The scene was of the lady on her journey to the afterlife. She also had representations of her servants found in her tomb. Life would have been good in the afterlife for this lady. The afterlife was a huge dinner party for this woman. It matched her life. Life in Ancient China had never been so good. Waring kingdoms try and try again try to conquer each other. The rich fight to stay a life. The First Emperor of China finally united the kingdoms. Unfortunately, when he died, Ancient China divided again. Warring kingdoms rose again. Bloody civil wars commenced until the Han emperors took over. They would rule China for the next 400 years. The Hans brought peace and prosperity to China. The rich would be able to party once again. The Lady aristocrat threw many banquets and parties. She was able to show off her wealth and give the people a good time. The Lady wanted to continue with this party in the afterlife. So she attempted to make sure her mummy was well preserved. Unfortunately, other efforts to mummy preservation failed. Some spectacular efforts lead to spectacular failures. One king made a suit of armor with jade, each piece was sewn together with gold thread. It was felt that by using jade the king would have been well preserved. When the jade suit was open, only a few bones were left of the king. So how did this noblewoman manage to succeed where this king had failed? The autopsy was filmed in 1972 and the footage still surprises modern scientists. They still wonder how is this possible? They thought she was the only one. Two years later, a second well-preserved mummy was found. This mummy was equally as well preserved as the Lady Noble. This mummy, a man, had flexible limbs and a soft corpse. He had blood and it was typed as AB. How did the Ancient Chinese do it? What was it about the climate that allowed for preservation? Will these mummies finally release their secrets? To continue to learn more about the mummy, watch the rest of this documentary. This would be a good documentary to show in both a history and a science classroom for both middle school and high school. If you have an independent study student learning about Ancient China, then you can put this documentary on their list.
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