Scientists reconstruct face of 900-year-old woman from churchyard skull
Visitors to Holy Trinity Parish Church are invited to pick a name for the medieval woman from a ten-strong shortlist.
Visitors to Holy Trinity Parish Church are invited to pick a name for the medieval woman from a ten-strong shortlist.
Roughly forty inscriptions found around the city refer to wrestling, boxing and other contests, indicating the stadium’s use for sports, religious festivals and imperial celebrations.
The Ocucaje Desert, often labeled a great hotel for marine animals because of calm conditions that once prevailed there, has long served as a cemetery for ancient species.
“During the Pleistocene Ice Age, sea levels were ~100m lower, turning today’s peninsulas and islands into a land bridge connecting Anatolia with southeastern Europe.”
Found between structures B and D with an intact head and torso but missing feet, the figure may illuminate neolithic rituals, excavation head Karul notes.
“After 2,000 years, no one has ever been there. We are the first,” said archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, citing the harbor’s link to Taposiris Magna as a decisive clue.
Police seized €18,380, $5,774, 6,500 lei, detectors and a device from a car. At the site they found lighting, ventilation, pumps and a hoist, and alerted antiquities officials due to its proximity.
Head archeologist says face-carved pottery from Konya Plain served ritual purposes rather than daily cooking or storage functions.
Alongside an oil lamp were four ceramic plates, two jugs, a cup, a glass bowl and a bronze bowl, and archaeologists debate its meaning.
The fossil, discovered in July, measures three and a half meters and will undergo exhaustive analysis before public display.
On Sept 16 cleaning staff found the geology and mineralogy gallery breached. It is now closed. Investigators say the gang used angle grinders and a blowtorch to cut through armored glass.