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and was subsequently sold, along with its contents (a skeleton and some grave belongings), to the
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at the time, can be compared with a reconstruction of her more mature face in the museum, based on the features of the deceased woman's skull.
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Etruscan artwork. The deceased woman's name is inscribed in
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Seianti was discovered in 1886 at Poggio Cantarello near
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Seianti
Hanunia Tlesnasa. The Story of an Etruscan Noblewoman
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Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the
British Museum
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Making Faces: Using
Forensic and Archaeoligical Evidence
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459:Battlefield Palette
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158:Scientific analysis
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889:Lycurgus Cup
879:Jennings Dog
754:Blacas Cameo
729:Arundel Head
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622:Kang Hou gui
433:Tree of Life
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165:Etruscan art
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112:aristocratic
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77:Registration
1301:Hoxne Hoard
1139:Lyres of Ur
1114:Uruk Trough
1109:Blacas ewer
1086:Middle East
779:Burgon vase
679:Wardak Vase
592:David Vases
499:Min Palette
484:Hornedjitef
385:Aubin Codex
362:and objects
360:Departments
341:Great Court
140:masterpiece
134:Description
92:sarcophagus
1621:Sarcophagi
1595:Categories
1378:Prints and
1336:Sutton Hoo
1311:Lindow Man
1278:and Europe
1276:Prehistory
1124:Palmer Cup
1071:Warren Cup
1039:Discobolus
909:Meroƫ Head
864:Harpy Tomb
632:Klang Bell
275:References
58:150ā140 BC
42:Terracotta
1540:Directors
874:Isis Tomb
637:Kulu Vase
451:and Sudan
380:Akan Drum
238:L. Burn,
106:Discovery
102:in 1887.
1580:Category
1560:Trustees
1532:Secretum
1396:Epifania
1380:Drawings
1034:Caryatid
1029:Antinous
691:and Rome
334:Building
214:See also
144:Etruscan
128:Florence
96:Etruscan
39:Material
1601:140s BC
1550:Keepers
1545:Friends
1044:Hadrian
171:Gallery
120:Tuscany
55:Created
1536:Staff
1403:I Modi
689:Greece
148:Chiusi
116:Chiusi
94:of an
71:London
1495:Other
1448:Other
1054:Venus
152:tiara
1049:Vase
544:Asia
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47:Size
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