Fifty years ago, three consecutive excavations were conducted in Changsha, Central China s Hunan Province, unveiling the Mawangdui Tomb, one of China s most sensational archaeological finds of the 20th century, dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25).
More than 2,000 years after her death, a mummified woman named Xin Zhui, also known as Lady Dai still has a full head of luscious hair and blood in her veins. She was the wife of
Located in Changsha, Central China s Hunan Province, the Hunan Museum is home to more than 180,000 cultural relics, most of which were found at a local historical treasure house - the 2,000-year-old Mawangdui Tombs, one of China s most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.
The Hunan Museum, collaborating with the Institute of Archaeology under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, unearthed from three tombs dated to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) over 3,000 objects of refinement and artistry, such as lacquer wood wares, painted potteries, copper wares and silk clothes, among other types of antiquities.