Forensic Artists Reconstruct Historical Faces (Some as Old as 30K Years)

11 Year Old Athenian Girl c. 500 BCE

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The last time anyone saw her face was 2500 years ago. Her skull was unearthed in a mass grave in Athens in 1994 during the building of a metro station. Following an examination of her skull, archaeologists concluded that it belonged to an 11-year-old girl who is thought to have lived around 430 BCE She was given the name Myrtis which was a common Ancient Greek name.

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