State-of-the-art forensic techniques have been used to reconstruct the face of an Anglo-Saxon woman who had similar status to a modern princess.
The woman, nicknamed "Mrs Getty" after the oil mogulfor the 500 precious objects buried with her, was one of 219 bodies unearthed in Gloucestershire.
Mrs Getty, who died in the 6th Century, was surrounded by gilt bronze brooches, amber beads, silver and ivory rings.
Anthropologist Caroline Wilkinson made the painstaking facial reconstruction.
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Sounds important ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAKE A MAJOR FIND IN BOROUGH
Extremely rare pottery from the Bronze Age has been unearthed by experts on land near Atherstone for the first time ever.
The pieces of pottery have been dated to between 1200 and 1800 BC by archaeologists from Warwickshire County Council who say they represent a 'unique' find for the area.
The fragments, uncovered during a dig in Old Farm Road, Mancetter, were a complete surprise for the team of field experts as very few such pieces have been found in the county before.
Another mystery solved Young bones lay Columbus myth to rest
A centuries-old historical row over the whereabouts of the body of Christopher Columbus appeared to have been solved yesterday when scientists in Spain conceded that the corpse buried at Seville's gothic Santa Maria cathedral was not that of the famous explorer.
Instead, the bones they studied were probably those of his lesser known son, Diego, who was a small and weedy man, unlike his father.
Christopher Columbus's body, the experts say, almost certainly lies back in the "new world" he sailed to 500 years ago.
The exhumation by Spanish anthropologists appears to have settled a row between Spain and the Dominican Republic, which has contested the claim that Columbus's bones ended up in Seville.
Although DNA tests have not been done, the anthropologists have already concluded that the body in Seville is too young and puny to have belonged to the rugged, hefty sailor who, depending on which version of history you prefer, was either Italian, Spanish or Portuguese.
This is cool Robot made in Singapore to reveal secrets of pyramids
The Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawwas said the secrets of the pyramids will be revealed next year, noting that the council agreed with a Singaporean University to manufacture a robot for revealing what are behind the secret doors inside the pyramid, especially the second and the third ones.
He added that work is underway in the radar project that will be used in revealing what is inside the ground between the second Pyramid and the Sphinx.
This came during the meeting that was held at the Nursery College, Alexandria University in which Hawwas stressed that the SCA is preparing for a giant project to uncover the sunken the monuments along the River Nile in collaboration with a US company.
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And another update on the giant seated statue of Ramesses II.
Another princess? Mystery of Iron Age woman with rings on her toes
SHE would have been a highly-skilled artisan who was buried 1500 years ago, her body covered with ornate jewellery and emblems of her high status.
Yet, with her rings still adorning her toes, she was laid to rest in one of the most unusual burial sites known to archaeologists: beneath the floor of a busy Iron Age workshop.
The discovery, at Mine Howe in Orkney, is extremely rare for an Iron Age site in Scotland and has baffled the team carrying out the dig.