As a country with a long history, China has many mysteries that science still cannot explain. One of them is the mummy “beautiful Lou Lan” or “princess Xiaohe” unearthed in Xinjiang, dating back more than 3,800 years.
Accordingly, on March 27, 1990, a Swedish explorer named Sven Hedin went to China to explore and find the ruins of Lou Lan ancient city. In December 1906, Sven Hedin continued to come here, hiring more than 10 workers to excavate and dig for many days, taking away many valuable artifacts. In the process, Sven Hedin discovered a mysterious tomb, inside which contained the mummy of a woman. However, at that time, because he did not have adequate equipment, he was unable to move the coffin.
Until 1980, Chinese archaeologist Mu Shunying and his team discovered the mummy of “Lou Lan beauty” while exploring the Silk Road in the desolate land of the Lop Nor desert. .
At that time, no one had set foot in the Lop Nor desert in the past 50 years, so the discovery process of Mu Shunying and his colleagues was extremely difficult and strenuous. Their car got stuck in the sand at least 5 times, faced with weather During the day it is nearly 40 degrees Celsius, at night it drops below 0 degrees Celsius, the wind gusts like it wants to blow people away. On the 11th day, their journey paid off when they found an open-air ancient tomb. Inside that ancient tomb is the mummified “Lau Lan beauty” that shocked the world.
Lou Lan was an ancient kingdom that existed around the 2nd century BC in the northeastern region of the La Bu desert, Xinjiang. Lau Lan Quoc is located on the Silk Road, surrounded by the desert, contains many mysteries that posterity has not yet discovered. According to historical records, “beautiful Lou Lan” was extremely famous, countless princes and nobles around wanted to marry her.
Archaeologists were surprised to see that the mummy of “Lau Lan beauty” was still almost intact after going through more than 3,800 years with many historical upheavals. The mummy is golden brown with reddish brown skin, still elastic, with even visible blood vessels underneath.
Besides, the facial features of “Lau Lan beauty” are extremely sharp with a high nose bridge, pointed chin, small lips, deep eye sockets, long eyelashes and neatly combed long hair. She was dressed in a coarse wool and sheepskin suit, and a pair of fur boots on her feet.
According to the results of the autopsy, experts said that “beautiful Lau Lan” died at about 45 years old, 1m55 high, with blood type O. Her whole body was extremely well preserved, as if she had just been buried. for a few days, it’s truly amazing.
However, what surprised the experts most was the genetic code of the “beautiful Lau Lan”. The results of DNA analysis showed that she was a hybrid rose of two Asian and European races.
In 1992, some Japanese scholars tried to restore the appearance of “beautiful Lou Lan”. In 2005, Professor Zhao Chengwen from the Criminal Police College of China, received the task of reconstructing the appearance of “beautiful Lou Lan”. After many skull X-ray scans, based on the principles of anatomy and anthropology, medical knowledge and beauty of the woman Lou Lan, finally the portrait of “the beauty Lou Lan” has appeared.
“Lau Lan Beauty” truly deserves the title of two beauties when she owns an oval face with Western features, a high nose, a small mouth, deep eyes, dimples, harmonious five senses, even When compared with modern beauty standards, it is still very good-looking and beautiful.
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