In the history of the mainland for 5,000 years, there are many national treasure-level cultural relics, such as the famous Simu Pengding, the Four Sheep Fangzun, etc., or gold jewelry and other treasures used for decoration. There are more than 600 pieces of ancient cultural relics of the highest grade published by the mainland's cultural relics department alone, and they are called "key cultural relics that are prohibited from being exhibited abroad." We can imagine their importance. Among them, the immortal corpses unearthed in ancient tombs or ruins belong to this type of top national treasure.
The female body was unearthed
Loulan Ancient Kingdom is a legendary magical country, according to limited historical records, Loulan Ancient Kingdom from 4200 years ago to 1600 years ago once existed in the Western Gobi and desert areas, the city is prosperous, the culture is broad and profound, and in the ancient Silk Road traffic fortress, so commerce and transportation are incomparably prosperous. The strange thing is that in the last years of the Han Dynasty, the ancient kingdom of Loulan suddenly disappeared into the vast wind and sand of the western region, leaving no trace, and even without a reasonable reason to explain its disappearance, which has always been a mystery in the field of historiography.
Although the ancient country of Loulan has disappeared, and even makes people wonder whether it really existed, the Loulan culture is world-famous and has left an indelible mark on history. Its emergence not only promoted the development of Chinese history, but also brought a strong stroke to the development of world culture. The loulan ancient country in the early Han Dynasty was an important location on the mainland's Silk Road route, and the reason for the disappearance of the loulan ancient country later became a mystery that scientists still have to solve.
Archaeologists accidentally unearthed a very intact Corpse of Loulan Woman, which added a lot of mysterious color to Loulan culture. Until one day in 2004, an archaeological team from the mainland found some ancient city ruins in a desert in southern Xinjiang, and after identification by archaeologists, they found that this was the ruins of the legendary Loulan Ancient Kingdom. Excited and determined to explore further, the archaeologists approached the oasis southwest of the Lop Nur Wasteland, where they found a very slow-flowing river, and on the hill next to the small river, they found an underground tomb in which lay the body of an incorruptible woman.
In fact, the biggest discovery of this archaeology is not the ruins of the Loulan Ancient Kingdom, which at best proves that the Loulan Ancient Kingdom once existed, and the most significant is the incorruptible female corpse found from the underground tomb, from which many humanities and geographical cultures can be learned. The so-called uncorrupted female corpse, in detail, is actually a weathered dry corpse, and experts have estimated that her history is about 4,000 years ago after research. And one of the things that makes experts feel very incredible, that is, the incorruptible female corpse excavated from the Loulan site, the degree of preservation is unique in the history of world archaeology.
Female corpse identity
Speaking of non-decomposing ancient corpses, I believe that everyone should be no strangers, among which the more famous ones are the female corpse of Mrs. Xinchai of the Western Han Dynasty excavated from the Tomb of Mawangdui Han in Changsha, and the female corpse of Ling Huiping in the Han Tomb of Jiangsu Province, which is a non-decomposing wet corpse that is famous at home and abroad with a history of thousands of years.
The incorruptible female corpses found at the Loulan site this time are far more age and preservation than the above two Western Han female corpses, which is unique in archaeological history. This Loulan female corpse, it is said that when it was first unearthed, the eyelashes were moving with the wind, if it were not for long-term dehydration, the skin color would become dark and dry, no different from ordinary people. Archaeologists were excited to see her, after all, it was rare to have such a well-preserved incorruptible ancient corpse.
The dress of the female corpse also looks very expensive, the dress is very noble, the various makeup is complete, and it looks very solemnly dressed. This loulan female corpse had been sleeping alone in the desert for thousands of years, and although her figure looked very petite, she was richly dressed.
Found that her mausoleum is located at the top of the 160 square meters of the mountain, not only the cemetery is very spacious, but also there are huge wooden stakes with painted paintings, there are many exquisite wooden fences, and even stand with wooden carved figures as large as real people, so experts believe that this cemetery is by no means built by ordinary Loulan people, and the female corpse buried inside should also be very honorable, and it must be a mausoleum where important people are buried.
The corpse of Loulan woman found this time is the earliest and most completely preserved dry corpse unearthed in Xinjiang. Her body was wrapped around a tight shroud, and this female corpse, according to legend, she was the Princess of Loulan, she was found near the small river, and people called her the little river princess.
During the 1992 Japan tour, scientists made a reasonable restoration of the face of the female corpse, and from the restored map, it can be seen that she was indeed a beautiful woman before she died, with a tall nose bridge, her eyes tightly closed, and the corners of her mouth slightly upturned. Therefore, it is also known as the Loulan Beauty.
No corruption of mystery
While people lament the female corpse, they are also thinking about why the female corpse of Loulan can sleep for more than 4,000 years while keeping the face and body dry without decay? Archaeologists have tried to find answers from the bodies of female corpses.
They quickly took action and began to study, and archaeologists found a large number of lice and lice eggs on and around the female corpse. These are also the relics of female corpses, and these relics can also be said to be the oldest surviving biological specimens in the world. According to scientific common sense, lice parasitize organisms to survive on temperature, but after death, the body becomes stiff and cold, and the lice should quickly evacuate the cold corpse and look for the host again, but the lice on the female corpse do not leave.
In the face of this anomaly, experts boldly speculate that this must be related to the millennium incorruptibility of female corpses, and they believe that in the extremely weathered and dry environment of the northwest, if the water in the corpse body is steamed dry, it is theoretically possible to achieve the result of non-decay, and even permanent preservation, which is really eye-popping!
The reason why the ancient corpse of Loulan can be preserved for thousands of years without corruption is also due to the large desert formed after the depletion of the local Lop Nur area, the desert climate is relatively dry, the perennial high temperature and sunshine, coupled with the coffin buried relatively shallow, only a few tens of centimeters deep from the sandy ground, even if there is water on the ground occasionally, these waters will soon be evaporated and lost, and most of the bacteria grow in the humid area, such environmental bacteria do not have the conditions to survive and reproduce, and the high temperature also makes the lice on her body have no choice to leave. This is also the reason why the corpse of Loulan female can be preserved for a long time.
The mainland is an ancient civilization with a history of 5,000 years, and there are many secrets buried under the vast land that we still do not know or cannot explain.
Every artifact that has been unearthed is our treasure, and it is stored in various museums for the world to enjoy and study. And now the appearance of Loulan female corpse, this is a topic worthy of in-depth study, I believe that one day people will solve all the mysteries on her.