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Before Myrtis, no attempt to reconstruct an Ancient Greek layperson's face has been recorded. [2] Myrtis' skull was in an unusually good condition and Greek orthodontics professor Manolis Papagrigorakis requested help from Swedish specialists to recreate her facial features.
Mar 2, 2011 · The Athens-based orthodontist explains the art and science of reconstructing the heads of long-dead people from their skulls alone, including that of Myrtis — a young girl from more than 2,000...
- Alison McCook
- 2011
Jan 19, 2018 · The remains of Myrtis, a young girl, was discovered in Athens. Her reconstruction caused a sensation in 2010. History came to life on Friday in Athens, when scientists revealed the face of a woman who lived in central Greece 7,000 years ago.
The exhibition presents an important inter-disciplinary achievement, the reconstruction of an 11-year old child from antiquity. Archaeologists called her Myrtis, and she lived in 5th c. BC Athens, the "golden era" of Pericles.
Jun 11, 2020 · “All of our scientific knowledge and experience with the two girls, Myrtis and Avgi (an 18-year-old girl who lived in Thessaly 9,000 years ago), lead to Hedyle, so that we will not only reconstruct her face, but her entire body,” says Papagrigorakis.
Jan 1, 2011 · The facial reconstruction process, with all the limitations considered, offers the ability to present a realistic aspect of a Greek Orthodox Church Saint, in a form that is easily accessible.
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.
