When
the mummy of a female aristocrat was excavated in 1994 in HCM City, its perfection
surprised archaeologists. The mummy’s joints were still flexible and the body
was not decomposed yet.
The mummy was discovered in 1994 in an
ancient grave with two coffins in Cui Hamlet, Ward 8, District 5, HCM
City.
The intact mummy lied in a liquid red brown
solution in a wooden coffin of 2.2m long, 50cm high. The remaining coffin
contained a few bones of a man.
Through the collected artifacts from the
tomb, archaeologists identified the mummy as Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hieu, an aristocrat
of the Nguyen Dynasty. She is 1m52 tall, with black hair and smooth skin. She
died in 1868, at the age of 60 years old.
As the body is slender and the hands are
small, scientists said that the woman had a comfortable life. This is
consistent with her aristocratic status.
After excavation, the mummy was brought to
the HCM City Medical College Hospital for study. It was then transferred to the
Vietnam History Museum in HCM City for preservation and display.
Currently, due to no longer being soaked in
the preservative solutions, the mummy is dry and hard while the nose and
eyelids are almost completely decomposed.
This is one of the best preserved mummies
discovered in Vietnam in the last century. This is a testament to the art of
mummification of Vietnamese people in the past.
Source:
Kien Thuc - VietNamNet
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