Restoring sister faces buried 6,000 years ago in 3D...A mystery of the remains of a newborn without blood ties
Aug 05, 2025
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They are drawing attention from academia and the public as they may have been sacrificed as sacrifices at the time.
According to foreign media such as the Daily Mail, the remains of two women were first excavated 15 years ago in a prehistoric mine in the Czech Republic's Krumlov Forest.
Those identified as sisters by DNA analysis were buried at different depths of the mine vertical shaft.
The older sister was found about 6 meters underground and the younger sister was found about 1 meter deep.
The Czech Center for Cultural Anthropology's research team restored their lives and the situation at the time of their death through precise genetic analysis and pathological examination.
Both sisters were dwarfed by their height of about 150cm, but they had strong muscles and were able to work hard.
It turned out that her sister had blonde hair and blue eyes, and her sister had dark hair and green or dark (a mixture of brown and green or yellow) eyes.
At the time of death, the age of the older sister is estimated to be around 40 years old, and the younger brother is estimated to be 30 to 35 years old.
In addition, they did not grow properly in childhood due to lack of nutrition, but after adulthood, traces of relatively good meals centered on meat remain in the bones. The researchers explained that "a high-protein diet would have been provided to maintain the physical strength required for mining labor.'
There was a fracture in her sister's arm bone and she had not recovered until her death. The spine and joints also showed clear signs of wear and tear due to labor.
The researchers estimated that "They appear to have been abandoned or intentionally buried in the mine when they no longer were able to work."
In particular, symbolic meaning is raised in that the place where they were buried is the same mine where they worked.
The researchers analyzed that there seems to have been a belief that everything related to mining should be returned to the ground, and the burial of these women may be an extension of this.
Other remains found in their graves are also a mystery.
The dog's body was placed next to her sister's body, and the dog's head was placed separately on her side. Also, the remains of the newborn baby were found on her sister's chest, and genetic analysis showed that the baby had no blood ties with the two women at all.
This abnormal burial method and composition suggest the possibility of a religious ritual or sacrifice, not just a worker's death.
In fact, the research team said "The upper part of the tomb was open, suggesting that it was used as a kind of ritual site."
The researchers plan to conduct further research in this regard.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
