Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography major - An incorruptible female corpse was found in the desert. Sleeping for 4 100 years, the appearance is still the same. The experts have come to a surprising conclusion. What is that?

An incorruptible female corpse was found in the desert. Sleeping for 4 100 years, the appearance is still the same. The experts have come to a surprising conclusion. What is that?

As we all know, China is an ancient civilization with a long history of thousands of years. The rolling history has precipitated countless precious historical relics. Nowadays, we can appreciate precious ancient cultural relics without the hard work of archaeologists. According to the statistics of relevant departments, China has been recognized as a national treasure, belonging to the highest level of cultural relics, with about 600 pieces. Among these cultural relics, there is a special kind of cultural relics, that is, uncorrupted mummies excavated from ancient tombs, such as Xin Zhui, a thousand-year-old uncorrupted female corpse unearthed in Mawangdui.

What I want to tell you today is also an honest mummy. This is an incorruptible female corpse found in the desert. She has been sleeping for 4 100 years, but her appearance has not changed. The experts have come to a surprising conclusion. In 2004, the archaeological team of China excavated the ruins of an ancient city in the desert of southern Xinjiang. At that time, after some identification by archaeologists, it was proved that this ancient city site was the legendary ancient country site of Loulan. Speaking of the ancient country of Loulan, many netizens should be familiar with it. Historically, the ancient country of Loulan was once the traffic fortress of the ancient Silk Road.

But by the end of the Han Dynasty, the ancient country of Loulan suddenly disappeared in the desert, and the reason why the ancient country of Loulan disappeared is still a mystery. Archaeologists not only confirmed that this ancient city site is an ancient country of Loulan, but also unearthed an incorruptible female corpse from an underground tomb. This incorruptible female corpse is a weathered mummy, about 4 100 years ago. To the surprise of experts, this incorruptible female corpse unearthed at Loulan site is unique in the whole archaeological history.

Despite the sandstorm of 4 100 years, the outline of the five features of this female corpse is still very clear, and even the skin of her face is still elastic. Her eyelashes and hair are not damaged, and she looks like she is asleep. What surprised the experts even more was that the organs in this woman's body were still very well preserved, which was incredible!

Besides, this female corpse is also very expensive to wear. She wore a wool hat on her head, a coarse wool dress on her upper body, a rough sheepskin on her lower body and a pair of suede boots on her feet. Why can this female corpse of Loulan sleep for 4 100 years?

After the research and investigation by archaeologists, the conclusion was finally drawn according to the large number of lice and bedbugs on the female corpse. The reason why lice parasitize on human body mainly depends on human body temperature. The climate in Xinjiang is dry, and after the water in the corpse evaporates on the Gobi Desert, the temperature of the corpse does not drop under the action of environment and climate, which is why the lice living on the corpse will not leave, which is also the reason why the female corpse will not rot for thousands of years.