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2,100-year-old
Xin Zhui (Lady Dai), unearthed at Mawangdui in 1972, is a more than 2,100-year-old wet body whose soft tissue retained elasticity.
SrcChina Daily / Hunan Museum

Next evidence →70 daysEgyptian mummification took roughly 70 days to complete. Embalmers removed internal organs (stored in canopic jars), packed the body with natron salt to dry it, then wrapped it in up to 20 layers of linen strips.

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