The Mummy of Lady Dai

Lady Dai at Hunan Museum, China (source: worldhistory.org) DMZ – HISTORICAL ¦ A. Aeberhard Lady Dai's mummy, also known as Xin Zhui, is one of the best documented and preserved human remains from ancient times. Its discovery in 1971 near Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province in China, marked a milestone in archaeological and medical research. Xin Zhui lived during the early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD) and was the wife of Li Cang, a hig…