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2,000-year-old corpse found intact in mystery fluid
The Straits Times ^
| July 19,2002
| Editorial Staff
Posted on 07/18/2002 5:48:23 PM PDT by vannrox
2,000-year-old corpse found intact in mystery fluid
BEIJING - The corpse of a woman who died more than 2,000 years ago has been found well preserved in a mystery fluid in eastern China, state media reported on Saturday.
The body of the woman, who was believed to have lived during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 24), still had some of her skin, muscle tissue and veins, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Workers at a building site in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, discovered the corpse, which was in a coffin, on July 8.
'The female corpse, estimated to be over 2,000 years old, is said to still have elastic muscle tissue from being immersed in a special fluid in her coffin,' Xinhua quoted Lianyungang museum curator Zhou Jinping as saying.
He said a rectangular lacquer box, a bamboo food container, a comb, a copper mirror and a lock of hair with a hairpin were also found in the coffin.
Xinhua described the corpse as priceless in terms of archaeological research and said it was now being preserved in formalin solution and covered with a layer of absorbent cotton.
It said the woman was only the third well-preserved Han Dynasty corpse ever discovered.--AFP
Copyright @ 2002 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthropology; archaeology; china; corpse; discovery; dynasty; fluid; found; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; jiangsu; lianyungang; mystery; oldbroad; province
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Interesting.
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:48:23 PM PDT
by
vannrox
To: vannrox
Don't tell Clinton. He's been more attracted to worse.
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:50:15 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
To: vannrox
Xinhua described the corpse as priceless in terms of archaeological research and said it was now being preserved in formalin solution ... Well, her mortal remains sound like they were doing OK for the last 2 millennia WITHOUT formalin???
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:52:20 PM PDT
by
strela
To: vannrox
Uh-oh!
Don't let Ted Williams' kid see this.
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:53:36 PM PDT
by
dead
To: VadeRetro
Not to worry. Clinton often prefers the Hand Dynasty.
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:54:43 PM PDT
by
jigsaw
To: vannrox
Watch eBay China!!
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:55:28 PM PDT
by
pttttt
To: vannrox
It was Botox.
To: vannrox
That's nothing. We got Janet "Shake and Bake" Reno. She will put any other mummy to shame.
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posted on
07/18/2002 5:57:22 PM PDT
by
Pamlico
To: Pamlico
Now to find her true love who was supposed to wait for her.
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To: Plunge Protection Team; rohry; ken5050
Plunge Protection TeamHE EXISTS!!!!!
To: vannrox
Must be the original formula; liquid MSG.
To: Plunge Protection Team
Now to find her true love who was supposed to wait for her. That would be Boris Karloff's character.
To: VadeRetro
"Don't tell Clinton. He's been more attracted to worse"
Shit, he married worse.
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posted on
07/18/2002 6:03:24 PM PDT
by
APBaer
To: Plunge Protection Team
France Nguyen who played "Liat" in the 1958 movie "South Pacific" hawked a facial cream on late night cable channels back in the 80s or 90s. She didn't look any older. Who knows maybe that creme works.
To: strela
That raised my eyebrows too. I guess some people just can't resist the urge to fix what ain't broke.
To: vannrox
Another Han-me-down.
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posted on
07/18/2002 6:24:17 PM PDT
by
gcruse
To: dead
Don't let Ted Williams' kid see this.Or Ted Danson.
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posted on
07/18/2002 6:25:31 PM PDT
by
gcruse
To: Lazamataz
Shhhh Laz. I'm just taking a quick break. hehehehe ; )
To: vannrox
The corpse of a woman who died more than 2,000 years ago has been found well preserved in a mystery fluid in eastern China.I saw her on C-Span today. I think she is from Connecticut.
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posted on
07/18/2002 6:32:26 PM PDT
by
bruoz
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