"Rebirth" of 3,500-year-old beauty from ancient Greek city

(NLDO) - An effort to reconstruct the face of a skull from the ancient Greek city of Mycenae - the homeland of Helen of Troy - has yielded shocking results.

In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy, a woman of stunning beauty, was the main cause of the fierce battle in this city.

The city of Mycenae is believed to be Helen's hometown, as Helen's sister was the queen of the Mycenae Kingdom 3,100 years ago.

The legendary beauty of Mycenae women has now been realized through a beauty that a research team led by Dr. Emily Hauser from the University of Exeter (UK) has "reincarnated" in the virtual world .

Ruins of the ancient city of Mycenae in Greece - Photo: ANCIENT ORIGIN

According to Ancient Origins, Dr. Hauser collaborated with Spanish digital artist Juanjo Ortega G. - famous for his work in forensic science- based ancient portrait reconstruction - to recreate a portrait of a woman whose skull was found in Mycenae ruins.

The woman, found in a double grave at Mycenae decades ago, was initially thought to be a husband and wife, but recent DNA tests have shown they were either sister or brother.

In the 1980s, a clay replica of the woman's skull was crafted by researchers at the University of Manchester.

Now, her face is reconstructed using that clay replica as a basis, with details refined using contemporary DNA data, skeletal analysis and data from the grave itself.

The result of the process was a portrait of a beauty that, according to Dr. Hauser, had more modern features than they had imagined.

Portrait of a Greek beauty 3,500 years ago - Photo: ANCIENT ORIGINS

This Greek beauty died at the age of about 35, buried in a Mycenaean royal cemetery around the 16th or 17th century BC, or about 3,500 years ago.

Her tomb also contained high-status burial objects such as a golden mask and three swords, indicating that she was a noblewoman.

However, the Greek beauty's skeleton also showed evidence of arthritis in her spine and hands, which researchers believe may have been caused by excessive weaving, a job that put enormous pressure on women of the period, including those of high status.

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