LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Dai was a Chinese nobleman’s wife in her mid-50s when she died of a heart attack. She was overweight, had diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, liver disease ...

A well-sealed tomb Lady Dai lay since before the birth of Jesus in a hermetically sealed tomb 12 meters underground. Her body was inside four layers of coffins.

Lady Dai’s tomb was laid out in a rectangle. In the center chamber lay her body, wrapped in 18 layers of silk and linen, then encased in four coffins.

7 The incredibly preserved Lady of Dai mummy from her tomb at Mawangdui Credit: Alamy Her skin is soft, her arms and legs can bend, her internal organs are still intact and she has her own Type-A ...

The ancient tomb was found buried in a cemetery in Assiut, Egypt around 240 miles south of Cairo The "extraordinary" tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian woman has been found 4,000 years after her death.

The Lady of Dai mummy from the Mawangdui tomb Alamy This Chinese woman has been preserved for over 2,100 years and she’s baffled scientists.

Archaeologists in China have uncovered the tomb of a 900-year-old preserved skeleton named the "Grand Lady." The remains of the body were uncovered in a water-filled coffin within a tomb at ...

Lady Dai didn't live the healthiest life but she left behind one of the most perfectly preserved bodies in history. More than 1,400 equally well-preserved artifacts found around her were designed ...

Lady Dai's tomb provides a glimpse of the opulent and elegant life she led. Lacquered vessels had replaced bronze as the favored material for the elite.

Ninety percent of those came from Lady Dai's tomb because it was in such good condition.Mawangdui was actually home to three tombs. Lady Dai's husband, Li Cang, was the prime minister of Changsha.