A tomb built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was accidentally discovered and a man's body unearthed in a village in Guangfeng county, Jiangxi province.

A villager surnamed Lin said he accidentally dug out the tomb at night on Aug 16, when he was working to enlarge his back yard using an excavator.

"There were three coffins but only one of them contained a body," Lin said. "From a stone stele inside the tomb, I learned it was built during the Ming Dynasty."

Another villager said he saw a well-preserved male body, having hair and white skin, being taken out of the tomb.

Lin quickly came to fear that seeing the body would bring him bad luck and buried it again.

Officials with the local heritage administration visited the site after receiving a report on the discovery and confirmed that the occupant of the tomb had died from disease at the age of 40.

The body had not decayed because the coffin had been tightly sealed.

(Information Daily)