Little is known about the life of Lady Xin Zhui, who was born during the 2nd century B.C. She was the wife of the high-ranking official Li Cang, also known as the Marquis of Dai, and archeologists ...

This is the story of Xin Zhui, also known as Lady Dai, the best-preserved human mummy ever discovered. A reconstruction of Lady Dai (or Xin Zhui) the most preserved dead body in the world ...

as well as what some claim is the most perfectly preserved corpse ever found. The tomb belonged to Xin Zhui, the wife of the ruler of the Han imperial fiefdom of Dai. Xin Zhui, the Lady of Dai ...

Xin Zhui, also called Lady Dai, was unearthed from a tomb at the Mawangdui site in 1972 in Changsha. The other two tombs discovered next to hers belonged to her husband Li Cang, the Marquis of Dai, ...

The tombs, which contain the well-preserved remains of the lady, Xin Zhui, also known as Lady Dai, and 3,000 artifacts, which were discovered in 1971 in Mawangdui, Central China's Hunan Province ...

The corpse is said to be that of an aristocrat named Lady Xin Zhui, the wife of the Marquis of Dai. Among the unearthed artifacts, 1,017 pieces of lacquerware were cataloged, with 869 appearing to ...

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The unearthed artifacts include Lady Xin Zhui's corpse, lacquerware, textiles, and bamboo and silk manuscripts. The lacquerware unearthed from Mawangdui totals 1,017 pieces, 869 of which are intact.

This undated file photo shows a plain unlined gauze gown with curved hem unearthed from Lady Xin Zhui's tomb, now displayed at the Hunan Museum in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province.