Lady Dai Obituary

Introduction

An archaeological report is when you study about a person who lived in the past. This is a report on Lady Dai (Xin Zhui). She is known as one of the worlds best preserved mummies in history. Reporting on this finding will help understand who she is and what she did.

Classification

Lady Dai was found during the 1970’s archaeologist digging at an area near the city of Changsha in China, and found her tomb buried. Lady Dai was found with over hundreds of well preserved artefacts, Lady Dai was thought to have died during 178 and 145 BCE. So far the evidence suggest that she died by a heart attack. Her death was a natural cause unlike other people who were murdered, froze etc. Her luxurious life indicates that she was a woman of a

She was the wife of Emperor Li Cang, they ruled of the city Han Dynasty. The evidence show that Lady Dai was a person fond of traditional music. She also was fond of food because she was found with over 100 melon seeds in her stomach before she died. There are many causes for her death but most of the evidence shows that she died of a heart attack. Apparently she had a heart attack to the cause of being overweight and diagnosed with diabetes. It was a death of unhealthy cause. When she was found the archaeologist examined her body and found that she still had some organisms

It is still unknown to why her body is still in good preservation. In her veins there is to believe that red colour is still inside them. Her love for people might be the cause to her mummification and with that she is now known as one of the worlds best preserved mummies. The experts who examined her body interoperated that she had a meal before the heart attack due to the hundred melon seeds in her stomach. It is also to believe that when she died they buried her in a large place full of well preserved artefacts. Artefacts are also known to be an important part to this history because it tells us about how they lived and used these artefacts.

Responses

Lady Dia’s remains should be exhibited in a museum not far from where she was buried. As the matter of fact she is exhibited in the Hunan Museum located in Changsha, China. Lady Dai is able to be exhibited because of her preservation. The photos show how it looks like and where the museum is