Greece Reconstructıon Of An Ancıent Skull

GREECE RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ANCIENT SKULLEPA02117825 'MYRTİS' ON DİSPLAY İN THE GOULANDRİS NATURAL HİSTORY MUSEUM İN ATHENS ON 15 APRİL 2010. 'MYRTİS'

Greece Reconstructıon Of An Ancıent Skull
 

epa02117825 ' Myrtis ' on display in the Goulandris Natural History Museum in Athens on 15 April 2010 . ' Myrtis ' is the reconstruction by scientists of an 11-year-old Athenian girl that liveddied in ancient Athens during the 5th century BC , a victim of a plague that also killed the ancient Athenian statesman Periclesroughly one third of all people living in the city at that time . Her bones were discovered in 1994-95 , in a mass grave with another 150 bodies . Her skull was in an unusually good conditionthis inspired Athens University orthodontics professor Manolis Papagrigorakis to enlist the help of specialist scientists from Sweden to recreate her features , using the ' Manchester ' facial reconstruction technique . Scientists decided to give ' Myrtis ' brown eyesbrown hair , arranged in a Classical era style , the majority of Athenians at that time .  EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

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