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Thread #171928   Message #4201972
Posted By: Helen
03-May-24 - 07:39 PM
Thread Name: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
Subject: RE: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
Two articles about facial reconstruction based on ancient skulls of two women:

Archaeologists reveal reconstructed face of 75,000yo Neanderthal woman

"The Neanderthal woman's skull was discovered in 2018 in a cave in the Zagros Mountains of northern Iraq."


This Australian school owns a 2,000-year-old human head. Here's what she once looked like

"By Nick Baker and Zoe Ferguson for Stuff the British Stole

"A NSW school has mummified human remains in its library. After years of mystery, a mix of science and art has shed more light on who this person was."

[My question is: why does a school have the 2000 year old human head in their collection??]