Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton - for iPod/iPhone

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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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    Learning from human remains: Seianti’s skeleton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 1:06


    An audio introduction to this album.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- An audio introduction to this album.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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