200 Year Old Mummified Corpse Myhanh Tran
200 Year Old Mummified Corpse – Myhanh Tran
Discovery
An amazing archaeologist discovery, which was said to be about 200 years old of a “meditating monk”, was discovered in the ‘Songinokhairkhan’ province of Mongolia. Also known to be a mummified body, this discovery is still uncleared of how it was discovered, as it was delivered to Ulaanbaatar National Centre of Forensic Expertise.
So far, in the discovery report, it has stated that the mummy was covered in some sort of animal skin, it was said that it might have been a cows skin, horse or camels and statue in a lotus position.
Why is it an archaeologically significant discovery?
This discovery is an archaeologically significant discovery as it has given archaeologist an idea on how well the mummy was kept and is astonishing on how well it was preserved. In addition to this discovery, the report was told that the mummified monk was preserved in animal skin, which with this information it was be of great research support for the archaeologist on how the Mongolians had preserved the body for a long period of time.
Speculations on the mummified monk were that it was assumed to be a teacher of a famous Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov. Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov was believed to be a Buryat Buddhist Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, known for the lifelike state of his body and he was born in 1852. The mummified meditating monk was also believed to be of several centuries old, an estimate of 200 years. Itigilov, which was the assume monk also died while meditating in a lotus posture and was buried in 1927 in the same position. What was left of his remains was laid to rest in a sacred pine box. In 1955 when the body was exhumed, the astonished monks found the body in a near perfect condition and still sitting upright in 1973.
Discovery
An amazing archaeologist discovery, which was said to be about 200 years old of a “meditating monk”, was discovered in the ‘Songinokhairkhan’ province of Mongolia. Also known to be a mummified body, this discovery is still uncleared of how it was discovered, as it was delivered to Ulaanbaatar National Centre of Forensic Expertise.
So far, in the discovery report, it has stated that the mummy was covered in some sort of animal skin, it was said that it might have been a cows skin, horse or camels and statue in a lotus position.
Why is it an archaeologically significant discovery?
This discovery is an archaeologically significant discovery as it has given archaeologist an idea on how well the mummy was kept and is astonishing on how well it was preserved. In addition to this discovery, the report was told that the mummified monk was preserved in animal skin, which with this information it was be of great research support for the archaeologist on how the Mongolians had preserved the body for a long period of time.
Speculations on the mummified monk were that it was assumed to be a teacher of a famous Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov. Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov was believed to be a Buryat Buddhist Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, known for the lifelike state of his body and he was born in 1852. The mummified meditating monk was also believed to be of several centuries old, an estimate of 200 years. Itigilov, which was the assume monk also died while meditating in a lotus posture and was buried in 1927 in the same position. What was left of his remains was laid to rest in a sacred pine box. In 1955 when the body was exhumed, the astonished monks found the body in a near perfect condition and still sitting upright in 1973.