Mawangdui Han Tombs

E170357

archaeological site tomb complex

Mawangdui Han Tombs is an archaeological site near Changsha in Hunan, China, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Western Han dynasty tombs, artifacts, and the mummified body of Lady Dai.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mawangdui Han Tombs canonical	1
Mawangdui manuscripts	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ tomb complex ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Li Cang ⓘ Xin Zhui ⓘ son of Li Cang ⓘ
bodyPreservation	blood vessels of Lady Dai visible ⓘ internal organs of Lady Dai preserved ⓘ soft tissues of Lady Dai remained intact ⓘ
burialOf	Lady Dai ⓘ Marquis of Dai ⓘ heir of Marquis of Dai ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culture	Han Chinese ⓘ
currentLocationOfMajorFinds	Hunan Provincial Museum ⓘ
dateOfBurials	2nd century BCE ⓘ
discoveredDuring	construction of an air-raid shelter ⓘ
discoveredIn	1971 ⓘ
excavatedBy	Chinese archaeologists ⓘ
excavationPeriod	1972 ⓘ 1973 ⓘ
famousFor	astronomical texts ⓘ exceptional preservation of organic materials ⓘ lacquerware ⓘ maps ⓘ medical texts ⓘ mummified body of Lady Dai ⓘ silk manuscripts ⓘ silk paintings ⓘ
hasPart	Tomb 1 ⓘ Tomb 2 ⓘ Tomb 3 ⓘ
heritageStatus	Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
locatedIn	Changsha ⓘ China ⓘ Hunan Province ⓘ surface form: Hunan
locatedInTimePeriod	Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Western Han dynasty
near	Lei River ⓘ surface form: Liuyang River Xingsha ⓘ
notableArtifact	Daoist and Yin-Yang manuscripts ⓘ Chu silk manuscripts ⓘ surface form: Mawangdui silk texts T-shaped silk funerary banner ⓘ astronomical and calendrical texts ⓘ earliest known map of the Changsha region ⓘ medical prescriptions and exercises ⓘ
preservationType	waterlogged anaerobic conditions ⓘ
significance	important for history of Chinese cartography ⓘ important for history of Chinese medicine ⓘ important for study of early Daoist and cosmological thought ⓘ key source for study of Western Han elite life ⓘ

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Subject: Mawangdui Han Tombs
Description of subject: Mawangdui Han Tombs is an archaeological site near Changsha in Hunan, China, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Western Han dynasty tombs, artifacts, and the mummified body of Lady Dai.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Changsha → hasAttraction → Mawangdui Han Tombs ⓘ

Tao Te Ching → preservedIn → Mawangdui Han Tombs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mawangdui manuscripts