Posted on 08/31/2004 10:28:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Her stone sarcophagus, with a highly-decorative, sealed lead coffin inside, has attracted enormous interest... "There were some expensive glass vessels and jet pots and ornaments buried with her. The vessels would probably have contained perfumed oil.
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I just had a Gorky Park flashback.
Fascinating..........thanks for the ping.
Fascinating.
Wholly cow, you're right!
Thanks for the ping. I remember seeing a program about the Spitalfields excavations about ten years ago. It was extremely interesting!
Wow!
Fantastic!
I imagine the work is costly but I wish they would do more of these "reconstructions" of people.
I agree. Hitlery and most other democrats are desperately in need of new faces.
Amazing. There's a movie actress who resembles her. She played a Russian policewoman/govt. agent in the Bruce Willis remake of The Jackal. Ended up getting murdered messily. Also played the wife of the hero in the movie, FX some years back. Pretty woman, good actress!
This is wonderful!
LOL! Reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode where the ageless actress was actually an Egyptian princess, who starred in a silent version of Cleopatra and a talkie version, some 40 years apart.
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