anthropologists have analyzed a skull that was found in the ruins of Ephesos (Turkey) in 1929. It was long speculated that it could be the remains of Arsino IV, the sister of the famous Cleopatra.
anthropologists have analyzed a skull that was found in the ruins of Ephesos in 1929. It was long speculated that it could be the remains of Arsino IV, the sister of the famous Cleopatra. However, the latest anthropological analyses show that the remains are those of a boy between the ages of 11 and 14 who suffered from pathological developmental disorders. His genes point to an origin in Italy or Sardinia.
The rest of the skeleton was found in Ephesos during later excavations in 1982, but this time not in the sarcophagus, but in a niche in an antechamber of the burial chamber.
The morphological evaluation of the skull and the micro-CT data revealed that the boy from the Octagon was still in his puberty and was around 11 to 14 years old. This is confirmed by the high-resolution images of the dental roots and the still developing skull base. However, he obviously suffered from pathological development in general. One of his cranial sutures, which normally only fuses at the age of 65, was already closed in his case. This gave the skull a very asymmetrical shape.
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