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The Ancient Girl With The Golden Eye: 5,000 Year Old Priestess Found
Daily Mail ^ | 2-12-2007

Posted on 02/21/2007 2:40:41 PM PST by blam

The ancient girl with the golden eye: 5,000 year old priestess found

Last updated at 14:21pm on 21st February 2007

The body of a strikingly tall 5,000-year-old woman with an artificial golden eye has been discovered in Iran.

Archaeologists said the woman was a female soothsayer or priestess and would have transfixed those around her with her eyeball, making them believe she had occult powers and could see into the future.

The 25-30-year old Persian woman, who was almost 6 feet tall, was also buried with an ornate bronze hand mirror so she could check her startling appearance.

Italian and Iranian archaeologists made the discovery at an ancient necropolis at Shahr-i-Sokhta in the Sistan desert on the Iranian-Afghan border.

Archaeologist Lorenzo Costantini said the artificial eye was clearly not intended to mimic a real eye. He said: " It must have glittered spectacularly, conferring on the woman a mysterious and supernatural gaze."

The golden eyeball is engraved with lines coming out of a central circle like rays of light.

It is a half-sphere with a diameter of just over an inch and made from lightweight material thought to be derived from bitumen paste, which is painted gold.

There are two tiny holes drilled on either side of the eyeball, through which a fine thread held it in place.

Historians said an imprint on the woman's eye socket proved she wore the golden eye in life, rather than having it placed in her eye at burial.


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KEYWORDS: 5000yearold; ancient; arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; godsgravesglyphs; goldeneye; priestess
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The origins of 'the evil eye' myth.

1 posted on 02/21/2007 2:40:42 PM PST by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 02/21/2007 2:41:11 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

How this one look Mr. Clinton?


3 posted on 02/21/2007 2:42:19 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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"How this one look Mr. Clinton?"

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4 posted on 02/21/2007 2:44:37 PM PST by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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To: blam
5,000 Year Old Priestess Found

Just waiting for the picture of Helen Thomas to be inserted here.
5 posted on 02/21/2007 2:45:19 PM PST by texas_mrs
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Gad!

They didn't bury her deep enough!

She has relatives alive today...
6 posted on 02/21/2007 2:49:49 PM PST by Bender2 (My ex-squeeze's not to smart. I told her her kids were spoiled. She said, "All kids smell that way!")
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Just waiting for the picture of Helen Thomas to be inserted here.

Helen's been moved. She's angry about it. There's no pictures available.

7 posted on 02/21/2007 2:52:19 PM PST by Ole Okie (I'm for Rudy, followed by Newt, Romney, Hunter and the rest.)
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To: blam

"Reader Comments to this article can be seen by clicking on the site."

I commented this morning, and they didn't include it! All I said was "Bling!"


8 posted on 02/21/2007 3:05:53 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: blam

I can just imagine standing there, eyeball to eyeball. Oh, the horror!


9 posted on 02/21/2007 3:22:53 PM PST by 353FMG (I never met a liberal I didn't dislike.)
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To: blam
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10 posted on 02/21/2007 3:38:08 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: kalee

ping


11 posted on 02/21/2007 3:45:52 PM PST by Cailleach
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To: blam

What, no Helen Thomas pictures yet?


12 posted on 02/21/2007 4:03:51 PM PST by McGarrett (Book'em Danno)
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To: blam
There are two tiny holes drilled on either side of the eyeball, through which a fine thread held it in place.

What? No nails?

;-)

13 posted on 02/21/2007 4:13:46 PM PST by uglybiker (AU-TO-MO-BEEEEEEEL?!!)
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To: Sam Ketcham

Ping.


14 posted on 02/21/2007 4:58:31 PM PST by blam
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To: uglybiker

Reminds me of the old joke "And as the salesman left she said I'll keep an eye out for you".


15 posted on 02/21/2007 5:15:20 PM PST by bleach
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To: bleach

16 posted on 02/21/2007 5:18:36 PM PST by EternalVigilance (The Talented Mr. Romney: It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody)
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To: bleach
Nah

She was a hooker

With a gleam in her eye

for you.
17 posted on 02/21/2007 8:16:26 PM PST by ASOC
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Thanks Blam and Sam.

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18 posted on 02/21/2007 10:23:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blam

Looks like Juliette Lewis.


19 posted on 02/21/2007 10:24:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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If she was a hooker with a heart of gold, she'd keep an eye out for ya.


20 posted on 02/22/2007 12:32:09 AM PST by wildbill
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