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This 11-year-old ancient Athenian girl, given the name “Myrtis,” has been reconstructed from her skeleton (her intact skull and teeth), thus bringing her back to life from the 5th century BCE. Myrtis apparently died of typhoid fever in Athens in the year 430.
posted by S and C at 1:16 PM
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Duties of a son, from The Story of Aqhat: To erect a stele for his ancestral gods; to build a family shrine in the sanctuary; to guard his footsteps from earth to underworld; to take his hand when he is drunk; to put his arm over one's shoulder when he is full of wine; to eat a funeral meal in the temple of Ba'al; to offer a sacrifice in the house of El.
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