Corpse of monk in lotus position who died in 1723 found in Vietnam

[m-jean03]

HANOI (AFP) - The corpse of a Buddhist monk sitting in a lotus position has been uncovered in a pagoda in northern Vietnam over 280 years after he died, a museum official said.

The body of the monk, Nhu Tri, who died in 1723 in a tower at the Tieu Pagoda in Bac Ninh province, was covered in a layer of special preservative paint.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=12&u=/afp/20040316/sc_afp/vietnam_archaeology_monk_040316205006

There's a photo at this link. Kind of spooky.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Fascinating......

thanks...e-mailed to some friends that would find this story/pic interesting.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Wow. How interesting.

[Donkeyboy75]

3. Any truth to the rumors

that Laura Bush's makeup is a derivative of this paint?

[m-jean03]

4. Too funny!

ROFL -- Let's hope she wasn't making trips to N.Vietnam in the 70s to obtain it.

[SoCalDem]

5. Can you even imagine all the archaeological treasures

that were lost forever in VietNam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos during all their wars??

[m-jean03]

6. That I cannot.

Let's not have any more wars, hey? Lest we lose all evidence of our history and eventually forget we're humans?