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Photograph by Jia Hongwei, Imaginechina/AP
On March one a crowd of Chinese archaeologists, reporters, and onlookers stand at the roadwork web site wherever the Ming dynasty dynasty-era body was found.
During the dynasty, preservation when death was thought to “reflect your purity” in life, Brook explained.
Had this woman’s family renowned her body would be preserved for quite 600 years, they’d are very proud, he added.
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