Lifelike "Wet Mummy" Found During Roadbuilding.....

 Exorcism Coin

Photograph by Gu Xiangzhong, Xinhua/Corbis

A so-called exorcism coin adorns the chest of the newfound Chinese "wet mummy."
"My guess would be that the coin was placed on the body as a kind of charm against malevolent influences," Brook said.
Still unknown is whether the woman was buried with any written documents or inscribed pottery—a common practice in Ming-dynasty China.
"If you were a person of any importance, you had someone write a [remembrance] or a brief biography," Brook said, "and that biography would often be posted at the burial site and a copy buried with you as well, to identify who you are" in the afterlife.

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