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Head portion, Silver-Thread Jade (Burial) Suit, with Jade Pillow, Henan Museum

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Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). Early archaeologists found little remains in discovered suits, and the known well-preserved person in Han dynasty was Xinzhui of Mawangdui, the wife of an official. The emperor and empress bodies did not decay when Chimei rebels dig them up, and as such Empress Lu Zhi was humiliated. For many years, many archaeologists believed that jade burial suits did not exist and were only myths or legends. The discovery in 1968 of two complete jade suits in the tombs of Liu Sheng and Dou Wan in Mancheng, Hebei, finally proved their existence. The jade suits of Liu Sheng and Dou Wan consisted of 2,498 plates of solid jade connected with two and a half pounds of gold wires. (Wikipedia)

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