Workers in eastern China were widening a road in the city of Taizhou, in the Jiangsu Province. They were digging about 6 feet below the surface when they came across something bizarre. They hit something solid while digging and after a bit of research they realized that they had actually hit buried tomb. It was time to call in professional archeologists to unearth and reveal this mystery. They found that the chamber was over 700 years old.
Here is the tomb after it was unearthed. A team worked together to open the box without disturbing the contents.
The team prepares to see what’s inside for the first time after 700 years
There was a wooden box inside the stone tomb
They found rare silks, linens and some sort of brown liquid
They discovered a mummy of a woman
They were amazed to see the body and contents in near perfect shape for being underground for over 700 years.
They think the mummy was a high ranking member of the Ming Dynasty.
She was adorned with beautiful jewelry from the time period.
The team carefully moved the woman out of her tomb for the first time.
She was wrapped in many rare layers of fabric that would have been common for a high ranking member of the Ming Dynasty. Whatever she was preserved in was remarkable. She even had her eyebrows still attached.
This close up of her shoes shows how well preserved her corpse was.
This is a rare find and with advancements in archaeology today she will stay preserved in a museum.
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