Mawangdui Han Tombs

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archaeological site tomb complex

Mawangdui Han Tombs is an archaeological site near Changsha in Hunan, China, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Western Han dynasty tombs, artifacts, and the mummified body of Lady Dai.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Mawangdui archaeological site	5
Mawangdui	4
Mawangdui Han Tombs canonical	2
Mawangdui tomb complex	2
Tomb 1 at Mawangdui	2
Mawangdui Han tomb excavations	1
Mawangdui Tomb 1	1
Mawangdui Tomb 2	1
Mawangdui Tomb No. 2	1
Mawangdui funerary banner	1
Mawangdui manuscripts	1
Tomb 2 at Mawangdui	1
Tomb 3 at Mawangdui	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1498636 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mawangdui Han Tombs
Context triple: [Changsha, hasAttraction, Mawangdui Han Tombs]

A. Fuling Tomb
Fuling Tomb is an imperial mausoleum complex near Shenyang that serves as the burial site of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
B. Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is a vast collection of life-sized clay soldiers and horses buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, to guard him in the afterlife.
C. Ming Tombs
The Ming Tombs are a collection of imperial mausoleums built by the emperors of China’s Ming dynasty, renowned for their grand ceremonial architecture and scenic setting north of Beijing.
D. Cemetery of Confucius
The Cemetery of Confucius is an extensive burial site in Qufu where Confucius and many of his descendants are interred, forming part of a major Confucian cultural heritage complex.
E. Imperial tombs
Imperial tombs are monumental burial sites constructed for Japan’s emperors and imperial family members, often featuring large keyhole-shaped mounds and restricted access due to their cultural and historical significance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mawangdui Han Tombs
Target entity description: Mawangdui Han Tombs is an archaeological site near Changsha in Hunan, China, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Western Han dynasty tombs, artifacts, and the mummified body of Lady Dai.

A. Fuling Tomb
Fuling Tomb is an imperial mausoleum complex near Shenyang that serves as the burial site of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
B. Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is a vast collection of life-sized clay soldiers and horses buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, to guard him in the afterlife.
C. Ming Tombs
The Ming Tombs are a collection of imperial mausoleums built by the emperors of China’s Ming dynasty, renowned for their grand ceremonial architecture and scenic setting north of Beijing.
D. Cemetery of Confucius
The Cemetery of Confucius is an extensive burial site in Qufu where Confucius and many of his descendants are interred, forming part of a major Confucian cultural heritage complex.
E. Imperial tombs
Imperial tombs are monumental burial sites constructed for Japan’s emperors and imperial family members, often featuring large keyhole-shaped mounds and restricted access due to their cultural and historical significance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ tomb complex ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Li Cang ⓘ Xin Zhui ⓘ son of Li Cang ⓘ
bodyPreservation	blood vessels of Lady Dai visible ⓘ internal organs of Lady Dai preserved ⓘ soft tissues of Lady Dai remained intact ⓘ
burialOf	Lady Dai ⓘ Marquis of Dai ⓘ heir of Marquis of Dai ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culture	Han Chinese ⓘ
currentLocationOfMajorFinds	Hunan Provincial Museum ⓘ
dateOfBurials	2nd century BCE ⓘ
discoveredDuring	construction of an air-raid shelter ⓘ
discoveredIn	1971 ⓘ
excavatedBy	Chinese archaeologists ⓘ
excavationPeriod	1972 ⓘ 1973 ⓘ
famousFor	astronomical texts ⓘ exceptional preservation of organic materials ⓘ lacquerware ⓘ maps ⓘ medical texts ⓘ mummified body of Lady Dai ⓘ silk manuscripts ⓘ silk paintings ⓘ
hasPart	Tomb 1 ⓘ Tomb 2 ⓘ Tomb 3 ⓘ
heritageStatus	Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
locatedIn	Changsha ⓘ China ⓘ Hunan ⓘ linked to: Hunan Province
locatedInTimePeriod	Western Han dynasty ⓘ linked to: Han dynasty
near	Liuyang River ⓘ linked to: Lei River Xingsha ⓘ
notableArtifact	Daoist and Yin-Yang manuscripts ⓘ Mawangdui silk texts ⓘ linked to: Chu silk manuscripts T-shaped silk funerary banner ⓘ astronomical and calendrical texts ⓘ earliest known map of the Changsha region ⓘ medical prescriptions and exercises ⓘ
preservationType	waterlogged anaerobic conditions ⓘ
significance	important for history of Chinese cartography ⓘ important for history of Chinese medicine ⓘ important for study of early Daoist and cosmological thought ⓘ key source for study of Western Han elite life ⓘ

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