Old skeleton & # 39; grande dame & # 39; discovered in a Chinese tomb

Chinese archaeologists have discovered the grave of a 900-year-old preserved skeleton, nicknamed the "Great Lady". The remains of the body were found in a coffin filled with water in a tomb of Tieguai village in China.

The skeleton was buried with various other artifacts, such as a model house with miniature furniture inside and a silver pendant decorated with dragons. A sign found on the coffin indicated that the tomb belonged to the "Great Lady" who lived in "Ankang Commandery". While his current name was hard to read on the sign, archaeologists think it could be Jian's action, reports LiveScience.

"Skeleton [of the Grand Lady] is essentially preserved, with nails and hair, "writes the team in the journal Chinese Cultural Relics.

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An indication of the age of the Grand Dame comes from the 200 bronze coins in her coffin, made between about 713 and 1100 AD. Archaeologists have claimed that she was probably dead around 1100 AD. and the art has flourished in the region.

The Grand Dame had a very ornate style. She wore silver and gold hair pins on her head, silver bracelets on her arms and a chain of 83 bronzed bronze coins in her abdomen. Under his right hand were the remains of two zongzi or what was left of two rice balls.

She was also buried with other funerary objects and many replicas of real objects. In her grave, there were 10 female figures wearing masks and playing musical instruments. There were in his coffin portraits of the Great Lady wearing different clothes and accessories.

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The discovery is fascinating because many artifacts were still in the grave. Often, tombs are looted by thieves such as the one found next to the Gray Lady who was probably one of his family members, according to archaeologists.

The two graves were discovered between June and September 2014 by an archaeological team from the Cultural Relics Administration of Nanling County and the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology of the province of # 39; Anhui.