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| Here is the tomb after it was unearthed. A team worked together to open the box without disturbing the contents. |
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| Here the team prepares to see what was inside for the first time after 700 years. |
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| Encased in the stone tomb was a wooden box. |
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| After opening the box they found that the contents were rare silks and linens lying in some sort of brown liquid. |
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| They discovered a mummy of a woman under the layers of fabric. |
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They were amazed to see the body and contents in near perfect shape for being underground for over 700 years.
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| They think the mummy was a high ranking member of the Ming Dynasty. |
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| She was adorned with beautiful jewelry from the time period. |
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| The team carefully moved the woman out of her tomb for the first time. |
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| She was wrapped in many rare layers of fabric that would have been common for a high ranking member of the Ming Dynasty. |
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| Whatever she was preserved in was remarkable. She even had her eyebrows still attached. |
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| This close up of her shoes shows how well preserved her corpse was. |
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| This is a rare find and with advancements in archeology today she will stay preserved in a museum. |
