In 1018, a princess of China's Liao Dynasty (916-1125) died at the tender age of 18 and was laid to rest beside her husband, almost 20 years her senior, who died the previous year, barely two years into their marriage. There they lay undisturbed for nearly a millennium in a corner of the modern-day Inner Mongolia... read full story
"These were no average beauties, but princesses and royal consorts whose elevated status meant much more than a luxurious lifestyle,"
