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The skeleton of the teenage girl from Tybrind Vig, a submerged Ertebølle settlement in Denmark. The girl, who died approximately 6900 years ago at the age of 14, was found with the skeleton of an infant lying across her chest. The 2 bottom pictures are a reconstruction of the girl
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The Hammerum Girl found in grave 83 at the Hammerum burial site in Denmark, 78-313 CE. All that remain of the deceased was her hair and her clothing, but it was the best-preserved Danish Iron Age textile from an inhumation grave. The picture on the right is a reconstruction of her dress
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DNA extracted from bones and teeth in a 4600-year-old stone age burial has provided the earliest evidence for the nuclear family as a social structure. The grave which was found in Germany, consists of 2 parents and 2 sons who were buried together after being killed in a violent conflict
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The "Princess of Khok Phanom Di" is the name given to a woman who was found buried at Khok Phanom Di in Thailand. The woman, who died 3600 years ago, was interred with over 120,000 beads, an anvil, burnishing stones, clay preforms, and pottery with exotic trace-element composition
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The "Princess of Sarazm" from Tajikistan. The woman, who died around 5,500 years ago at the age of 37, was covered in a veil adorned with thousands of beads made of lapis lazuli, turquoise, and limestone. Gold beads adorned her hair, and she wore massive bracelets made from seashells
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An approximately 40-year-old man was buried in the tomb M16 at Majiayuan cemetery in Gansu, China. Among the grave goods found with the owner of the tomb, there were 3 luxurious belts, an arm bracelet, and 2 large semi-circular necklaces, one gold and one silver. 4th-3rd century BCE
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Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a private, richly decorated bathhouse from 2,000 years ago, considered to be one of the largest found so far. The bathhouse could accommodate about 30 people and consisted of several rooms: hot, warm, cool, and a changing room equipped with benches.
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