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Myrtis friend of the U.N. Her message to the leaders of the world, (in the site of the United Nations, in 24 languages!) More... Latest News ...
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The archeological museum exhibited funerary steles depicting...
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Μύρτις - πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο με το παρελθόν. After visiting...
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The podcast is a series of short broadcasts-videos that are...
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Myrtis’ History; DNA Analysis; Myrtis' time. 440 BC - 430...
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14) Craniofacial morphology in ancient and modern Greeks...
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DNA examination of ancient dental pulp incriminates typhoid...
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Myrtis in «Αftenposten», 15-10-2010. Myrtis in “Kapa”...
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Jun 11, 2020 · When Myrtis was brought back to virtual life in 2010, her image and story was shared on social media around the world. Now, the ancient Athenian 11-year-old is being mobilized in the battle against the novel coronavirus.
Aug 31, 2010 · The exhibition “Myrtis: Face to Face with the Past” is centred on the facial reconstruction by scientists of an 11 year old Athenian girl that lived and died in ancient Athens during the 5th century BC. Her bones were discovered between 1994 and 1995 in a mass grave with another 150 bodies.
Myrtis is the name given by archaeologists to an 11-year-old girl from ancient Athens, whose remains were discovered in 1994–95 in a mass grave during work to build the metro station at Kerameikos, Greece. [1]
With Myrtis we are very close, around 95%. Because it was a skull... none of the bone structure was missing, just the nasal bone. There is always difficulty with the facial features made of cartilage, such as the nose and ears. Myrtis’ ears are very pretty, but they are not them, right?
Myrtis is an 11-year-old girl who died tragically from the typhus epidemic that plagued ancient Athens two thousand five hundred years ago! For archaeologists and historians, the face of this little girl has brought to life a very important aspect of Greek history and has provided answers to the causes of the loss of life of many Athenians.
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Jan 11, 2012 · Myrtis’ skull was in an unusually good condition for remains that old, and this inspired Athens University Orthodontics professor Manolis J. Papagrigorakis to undertake – with the help of specialist scientists – a facial reconstruction.
