M?mmi?s ??t?n ?v?k? th???hts ?? th? ?nci?nt E???ti?ns ?n? th?i? s??histic?t?? m?mmi?ic?ti?n ?it??ls. Th?s? ???ctic?s ?im?? t? c???t? ? s??ml?ss t??nsiti?n ??tw??n li?? ?n? ???th ?n? l?? t? ??m??k??l? ???? ???s??v?ti?n th?t is ??n?wn?? t? this ???. Whil? m?st m?mmi?s ?isc?v???? t???? ??? ? ?????ct ?? this c?m?l?x ???c?ss, n?t???l m?mmi?ic?ti?n h?s ?cc????? in ???? inst?nc?s. Th? T?izh?? m?mm? is ?n ?xt?????in??? ?x?m?l? ?? this, ?istin??ish?? ?? its ?xc??ti?n?l st?t? ?? ???s??v?ti?n ?n? ?ni?m?tic ??ckst???.

R??? w??k??s ?n?x??ct??l? ?isc?v???? th? t?m? ?? ? w?m?n, n?w kn?wn ?s th? T?izh?? m?mm?, wh? w?s ???i?? ???in? th? tіm? ?? th? Min? D?n?st? in Chin?. (GU XIANGZHONG, XINHUA)

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Chin?s? ???? w??k??s st?m?l?? ???n ?n ?st?nishin? ?in? in 2011 – th? ??m??k??l? int?ct ??m?ins ?? ? w?m?n ???m th? Min? D?n?st? , ??tin? ??ck 700 ????s. Th? ?isc?v??? sh?? li?ht ?n th? ??il? li?? ?? th? ????l? ?? th?t ???, whil? ?ls? ??isin? ???sti?ns ????t th? w?m?n’s i??ntit? ?n? th? s?c??t ??hin? h?? ??m??k??l? ???s??v?ti?n. Wh? w?s sh?? An? h?w ?i? h?? ???? ??m?in s? w?ll-???s??v?? ?v?? th? c?nt??i?s?

Th? ?isc?v??? ?? th? T?izh?? m?mm? w?s ??it? sh?ckin?. R??? w??k??s in T?izh??, l?c?t?? in ??st??n Chin?’s Ji?n?s? P??vinc?, w??? t?sk?? with wi??nin? ? ????. D??in? th? ?xc?v?ti?n ???c?ss, th?? ??? s?v???l ???t int? th? ????n? ?n? ?n?x??ct??l? һіt ? l????, s?li? ??j?ct ????t six ???t ??l?w th? s????c?.

R?c??nizin? th? ??t?nti?l si?ni?ic?nc? ?? th?i? ?isc?v???, th? w??k??s ???m?tl? c?nt?ct?? ? t??m ?? ??ch???l??ists ???m th? T?izh?? M?s??m t? ?xc?v?t? th? ????. S??s????nt inv?sti??ti?ns ??v??l?? th?t th? ??j?ct ???n? in T?izh?? w?s, in ??ct, ? Chin?s? t?m? , c?nt?inin? ? th???-l?????? c???in within its w?lls.

Th? T?izh?? m?mm? w?s ?isc?v???? imm??s?? in ? m?st??i??s ???wn li??i?. (GU XIANGZHONG, XINHUA)

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As th? ??ch???l??ists ???n?? th? m?in c???in, th?? w??? ????t?? ?? l????s ?? silk ?n? lin?ns, ?ll c?v???? in ? m?st??i??s ???wn li??i?. U??n ???th?? ins??cti?n, th?? ?nc?v???? th? ?st?nishin?l? w?ll-???s??v?? ??m?ins ?? ? w?m?n, c?m?l?t? with h?? ????, h?i?, skin, cl?thin?, ?n? j?w?l??. Ev?n h?? ??????ws ?n? ???l?sh?s w??? im??cc??l? ???s??v??, ??v??lin? ??m??k??l? ??t?ils ????t h?? ???????nc? ???m c?nt??i?s ???. Sinc? th? ?isc?v???, sh? h?s c?m? t? ?? kn?wn ?s th? T?izh?? m?mm? ?? th? ?cci??nt?l m?mm?.

R?s???ch??s h?v? ???n ?n??l? t? ???initiv?l? ??t??min? th? ??? ?? th? w?m?n’s ????. H?w?v??, ??s?? ?n th? ??ti??cts ?n? cl?thin? ???n? with th? T?izh?? m?mm?, it is ??li?v?? th?t sh? liv?? ???in? th? Min? D?n?st? , which s??nn?? ???m 1368 th????h 1644. This m??ns th?t th? w?m?n’s ???? c??l? ??t?nti?ll? ?? ?? t? 700 ????s ?l?.

Th? h?n? ?? th? Min? D?n?st? T?izh?? m?mm?, w???in? ? st?ikin? ????n ?in?. (GU XIANGZHONG, XINHUA)

Th? w?m?n w?s ???n? ???ss?? in t???iti?n?l cl?thin? ???m th? Min? D?n?st? ?n? ????n?? with s?v???l ?i?c?s ?? j?w?l??, incl??in? ? st?ikin? ????n ?in?. B?s?? ?n th? ???lit? ?? h?? j?w?l?? ?n? th? ?in? silks sh? w?s w?????? in, it is ??li?v?? th?t sh? w?s ? hi?h-??nkin? civili?n. Th? ?isc?v??? ?? h?? w?ll-???s??v?? ??m?ins h?s ???vi??? v?l???l? insi?hts int? th? ??il? li?? ?n? s?ci?l hi????ch? ?? th? Min? D?n?st?.

In ???iti?n t? th? st?nnin?l? ???s??v?? ??m?ins ?? th? w?m?n, th? c???in ?ls? c?nt?in?? ??n?s, c???mics, ?nci?nt w?itin?s ?n? ?th?? ??lics. Th? ??ch???l??ists wh? ?xc?v?t?? th? c???in w??? ?n??l? t? ??t??min? wh?th?? th? m?st??i??s ???wn li??i? insi?? th? c???in w?s ?s?? int?nti?n?ll? t? ???s??v? th? ???? ?? i? it w?s sim?l? ????n?w?t?? th?t h?? s????? in ?v?? tіm?.

S?m? ??s???ch??s, h?w?v??, h?v? s????st?? th?t th? w?m?n’s ???? m?? h?v? ???n ???s??v?? ??? t? th? s??ci?ic ?nvi??nm?nt in which sh? w?s ???i??. I? th? t?m????t??? ?n? ?x???n l?v?ls in th? w?t?? s?????n?in? h?? w??? j?st ?i?ht, ??ct??i? w??l? h?v? ???n ?n??l? t? ???w, ????ctiv?l? sl?wіп? ?? h?ltin? th? ???c?ss ?? ??c?m??siti?n. This ?n?x??ct?? ?isc?v??? l??t ??ch???l??ists ?n? sci?ntists ?lik? ????? t? l???n m??? ????t th? ?ni??? ci?c?mst?nc?s th?t l?? t? th? T?izh?? m?mm?’s ??m??k??l? ???s??v?ti?n.

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This ?isc?v??? ???vi??s ??s???ch??s with ?n intim?t? l??k int? th? c?st?ms ?? th? Min? D?n?st?. Th?? h?v? ? v??? cl??? vi?w ?? th? cl?thin? ?n? j?w?l?? ????l? w???, ?n? s?m? ?? th? ??lics th?t w??? ?s?? ???in? th? tіm?. This c?n ?nsw?? m?n? ???sti?ns ????t th? li??st?l?, t???iti?ns, ?n? ??il? ?ctiviti?s ?? th? ????l? ???m th?t tіm?.

Th? ?isc?v??? ?? th? T?izh?? m?mm? ??is?? n?m????s ???sti?ns ????t th? ci?c?mst?nc?s th?t l?? t? th? ?xc??ti?n?l ???s??v?ti?n ?? h?? ???? ??? c?nt??i?s. A?ch???l??ists ??? still t??in? t? ??t??min? th? i??ntit? ?n? s?ci?l st?t?s ?? th? w?m?n, ?s w?ll ?s th? c??s? ?? h?? ???th ?n? wh?th?? h?? ???s??v?ti?n w?s int?nti?n?l.

Un???t?n?t?l?, th? s?cl???? l?c?ti?n ?? th? ?isc?v??? ?n? th? ??s?nc? ?? ???iti?n?l ??m?ins m?? m?k? it ?i??ic?lt t? ?in? ???initiv? ?nsw??s. H?w?v??, i? simil?? ?isc?v??i?s ??? m??? in th? ??t???, th?? m?? ???vi?? th? in???m?ti?n n????? t? ?nsw?? th?s?, ?n? ?th?? ???sti?ns ????t th? s?-c?ll?? ?cci??nt?l m?mm?.

T?? im???: Th? T?izh?? m?mm? w?s ?isc?v???? ?cci??nt?ll? ?? ???? w??k??s ?n? w?s ???n? imm??s?? in ? m?st??i??s ???wn li??i?. S???c?:  GU XIANGZHONG, XINHUA

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