Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton - for iPad/Mac/PC

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How much can we learn from an entombed skeleton? This album introduces Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, an Etruscan noblewoman whose remains, along with her magnificent painted sarcophagus and life-size model, provide us with an unequalled insight a Roman life around 150 BC. The Etruscans were the original…

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  • Oct 6, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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Latest episodes from Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton - for iPad/Mac/PC

Learning from human remains: Seianti’s skeleton

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 1:06


An audio introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Learning from human remains: Seianti’s skeleton

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


Transcript -- An audio introduction to this album.

The sarcophagus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 6:04


An introduction to the most complete Etruscan skeleton in existence.

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Transcript -- The sarcophagus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


Transcript -- An introduction to the most complete Etruscan skeleton in existence.

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Who was Seianti?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 6:54


Seianti’s clothing and jewellery give us many clues about her identity.

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Transcript -- Who was Seianti?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


Transcript -- Seianti’s clothing and jewellery give us many clues about her identity.

clothing gold status hellenistic necklace jewellery aristocracy reclining
Seianti’s skeleton

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 9:54


A pathology expert builds up a fascinating picture of Seianti’s health, lifestyle, and death.

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Transcript -- Seianti’s skeleton

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


Transcript -- A pathology expert builds up a fascinating picture of Seianti’s health, lifestyle, and death.

injury oral bones cavities articulation pathology dental musculature defleshed
Reconstructing Seianti

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 8:50


A forensic-medical artist and an archaeologist reconstruct Seianti’s face using anatomical science.

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Transcript -- Reconstructing Seianti

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


Transcript -- A forensic-medical artist and an archaeologist reconstruct Seianti’s face using anatomical science.

portrait skull anatomy facial expression muscles

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