There are too many unexplained tomb mysteries in the archaeological history of these years, including the mystery of the thousand-year-old incorruptible female corpse, which is still shocking.
Speaking of Mawangdui, we have to talk about the Liuyang River. Because the tomb of Mawangdui was excavated in a raised mound in the flow zone of the Liuyang River. As soon as the female corpse of Xin Chai was unearthed, it shocked the archaeological community, at that time, the female corpse displayed in front of them at the archaeological site seemed to have just died, with a face that still existed, and even the blood vessels under the surface of the skin could be seen.
Archaeologists gave an analysis from the environmental conditions: Xin Chai Tomb No. 1 made a detailed comparison with the internal conditions of the other two tombs, and they found that the length and width of Tomb No. 1 far exceeded that of Tomb No. 2 and Tomb No. 3, and its bottom and rafters were filled with charcoal and white plaster mud, which blocked the introduction of water to the greatest extent from the circulation of air and the invasion of bacteria, so that Tomb No. 1 was completely in a closed state.
Later, some discoveries by archaeologists seem to confirm these suspicions, ancient archaeology found a red liquid in Xin Chai's coffin, the laboratory equipment gave the conclusion that this red liquid contains musk, ice chips, silk grass and other large amounts of Chinese medicine, in addition to more importantly, it contains arsenic and mercury, as we all know, watermark is a substance with absolute antiseptic effect, can also play a role in sterilization, and arsenic can kill active bacteria!
However, this view is still rejected by people, at least not the anti-corrosion technology of tombs. Because in the Han Dynasty, the Dan medicine culture was rampant, Xin Chai may be one of the members of the pursuit of Dan medicine longevity, and at that time, it was a common method to make Dan medicine with watermarks and arsenic. If you want to draw a final positive conclusion, I am afraid that the time will be back to the time when the Han Dynasty Xin was buried
In 2003, the Gulu territory of Linquan, Anhui Province, excavated the corpse of an uncorrupted woman, which was black and gray, in a semi-dry and half-wet state, and the muscle tissue was very loose. After archaeologists have studied the cultural relics excavated together, it was found that the female body was buried in the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of years ago. Judging from historical factors, the location of Jiangzhai Middle School is a cemetery, which was once a large family tomb group in the Ming Dynasty, according to which it is speculated that the female corpse should belong to the Ming Dynasty
The coffin became an important reason for the incorruptibility of this female corpse. The cypress texture, along with the red cinnabar grains at the bottom, became the answer to the mystery of unconstitution that most people recognized. Another contrarian view is more strange, according to the record of the use of cypress trees as coffins is the meaning of "advocating reproduction", that is, the woman may not have fertility before she dies, and the mystery of incorruptibility is once again confusing.
More than a decade ago, on March 24, 2001, a special female corpse was unearthed from a mass grave in Zhongshan, Anhui Province. Say she's special because not only isn't her body decomposing, but you can see her fair skin! According to the sword marks on the corpse's neck, it is speculated that the woman was the wife of a military attaché at that time; Based on the scent of the female corpse, the sarcoma at the tail end of the spine, and the clothing she was wearing, it was inferred that the woman was Qianlong's concubine Xiangfei.
What is puzzling is that in the history of the world, there has been more than one miracle in which the body of a person has been dead for a hundred years or even a thousand years and is still intact and has no trace of decay. And these bizarre and bizarre events are still a mystery!
