According to radiocarbon dating of the cemetery where her bones were found, the woman lived between 1880 BC (Representational image, Credit: Shutterstock)
A team of archaeologists at the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic reconstructed the face of a woman whose remains were buried with five bronze bracelets, two gold earrings and a three-strand necklace of more than 400 amber beads.
Time travel may not be possible right now, but thanks to an incredible team of scientists and technology, we can see what a Central European woman looked like 4,000 years ago. According to a recent report in Live Science, a team of archaeologists at the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic reconstructed the face of a woman whose remains were buried with five bronze bracelets, two gold earrings and three strands was. Necklace of over 400 amber beads.
According to radiocarbon dating of the cemetery where her bones were found, the woman lived between 1880 BCE and 1750 BCE, Live Science reports. The skeletal remains of that woman, possibly belonging to the ntice culture, were found in a cemetery near the village of Mikulovice in the northern Czech Republic. Live Science reports that the area and surrounding areas are known as Bohemia because they included a state of that name prior to World War I. The 27 tombs in the cemetery proved to be a remarkable treasure trove of artifacts, including some 900 amber objects. Along with her body, the woman was buried with three bronze sewing needles. The ntice culture was a group of people from Early Bronze Age central Europe, known for their metal artifacts, including ax-heads, daggers, bracelets and twisted-metal necklaces called torks.
A reconstruction of her face reveals a beautiful, dark-haired woman who was one of the richest residents of Bronze-Age Bohemia. Speaking to Live Science, archaeologist Michael Ernie said, “This is probably the richest female tomb in the entire ntice cultural region.” The archaeologist has also added that of all the skeletal remains found in the cemetery near Mikulovice, the skull of a woman wearing an amber was the best preserved. Describing this as a “fortunate coincidence”, Arnie said that the richest tomb also contained skeletal remains that could provide the basis for reconstruction.
What helped the scientists was the discovery of well-preserved bones that still contain fragments of the woman’s DNA. The genetic sequences enabled the researchers to discover that his eyes and hair were brown in color and that he had fair skin. Live Science reports that anthropologist Eva Vannikova and sculptor Ondrej Bilek of the Moravian Museum in Brno collaborated to create the woman’s torso-up model.
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