Royal Alberta Museum: Virtual Exhibits - Rise of the Black Dragon - Photo

October 9 1999 - January 9 2000

Jaw with abscess

[Wanyan Yan's skull] Wanyan Yan's skull

[Wanyan Yan's lower jaw] Although they had begun to heal, Wanyan Yan's lower jaw was afflicted with severe dental abscesses in the year or so prior to his burial in Qi Guo Wang Tomb.

Source: Photo CD 9188 3291,4524 Images # 011 and 012.
Courtesy of the Provincial Museum of Heilongjiang. Photos by Dr J. W. Ives, Provincial Museum of Alberta

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