Mai Yinghao
Mai Yinghao (
Career
Mai was born on 15 July 1929 into a poor family in
From 1953 to the 1980s, Mai worked for more than three decades in
In 1991, Mai Yinghao and Huang Zhanyue (co-leader of the excavation) published the two-volume excavation report Mausoleum of the Nanyue King of the Western Han (西汉南越王墓). It won several national awards including the 1993 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Research Award and the 1995 Xia Nai Archaeology Prize (First Class).[5]
Mai was a strong advocate for building on-site museums at major archaeological sites. His efforts resulted in the establishment of the
Personal life
Mai was married to Li Jin (黎金), a fellow archaeologist.[1] They had a son named Mai Jia (麦稼).[6]
Mai was diagnosed with cancer in July 2015. He died on 28 November 2016 in Guangzhou, at the age of 87.[2] On 12 December, a special exhibition on his life was held at the Guangzhou Museum.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "著名考古学家麦英豪逝世 曾主持发掘南越文王墓等遗址". Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ a b c d e Quan Hong 全洪 (2017-03-10). "麦英豪:广州现代考古的开拓者". Guangming Daily (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ "麦英豪小传". Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ OCLC 889734502.
- ^ "黄展岳". Institute of Archaeology. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- ^ a b Suo Youwei 索有为 (2016-12-12). "点滴细物还原著名考古学家麦英豪60年田野路". China News. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
Gallery
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Si lü yu yi (silk thread jade burial suit), at the Museum of the Western Han Dynasty / Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou
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