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Burnt City woman's face reconstructed
Press TV ^ | Sunday, November 21, 2010 | TE/AKM/MMN

Posted on 11/22/2010 9:34:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The reconstructed version of the 5,000-year-old skeleton was unveiled during a ceremony attended by head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Hamid Baqaei and Iran's ambassador to Italy Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Hosseini.

The woman, whose face has been reconstructed by a group of Iranian and Italian researchers, is famous for carrying the first prosthesis to have been used by man, ISNA reported.

This is a great scientific achievement which shows that Persians used innovative medical equipment 5,000 years ago, Baqaei said during the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

The unique discovery was the result of excavations in the Burnt City in 2006, when archaeologists found an artificial eyeball on a 1.82-meter- tall female skeleton, much taller than ordinary women of her time, and dated back to between 2900 and 2800 BCE.

(Excerpt) Read more at presstv.ir ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; burntcity; citiesoftheplain; deadsea; godsgravesglyphs; greatriftvalley; valleyofsiddim
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To: SunkenCiv

Video at this link (after short commercial) http://www.irannegah.com/Video.aspx?id=2166

A couple questions:

Why was she interred on her side? This is unusual in most cultures.

How did they conclude she was white?

Why is the eye so outsized? Was it intended just for burial?


21 posted on 11/23/2010 7:26:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It was sewn into the soft tissues of the socket with a golden thread.. There would have been no reason to do this post mortem.


22 posted on 11/23/2010 8:09:17 AM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: Daaave

Thanks for that link. It’s quite explanatory. The image of the reconstructed face is lovely.


23 posted on 11/23/2010 8:12:08 AM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: SunkenCiv

I'd stone it!

24 posted on 11/23/2010 12:11:03 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Thrownatbirth

I imagine having gold veins in her eye would have caught my eye too.


25 posted on 11/23/2010 1:14:52 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: null and void; RikaStrom

for home


26 posted on 11/23/2010 1:24:21 PM PST by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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