AT HOME IN HER TOMB: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese
Treasures of Mawangdui by Christine Liu-Perkins. Great adventures awaited the
workers who uncovered the tomb of an ancient Chinese noblewoman named Lady Dai.
In addition to finding treasures they uncovered a huge black coffin. Inside
that coffin there was another one. They didn’t find the occupant until they
reached the fourth coffin.
To their surprise, a stench greeted them when they cut a hole
in the silk cloth that surrounded the body.
SAMPLE: “The experts were baffled. If the body had decomposed
more than two thousand years ago, how could it still smell so disgusting?”
Join the scientists on their journey to uncover the contents
of Lady Dai’s tomb. What was her last
meal? What artifacts accompanied her on her final journey?
Readers can visit the web site of the Hunan Provincial Museum,
the home of these archaeological treasures.
Teachers can find a guide to use with their students.
This is a useful book for classroom projects on China.
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