A commemorative set of stamps featuring ‘Myrtis’ – the reconstructed face of a girl that lived in ancient Athens during the 5th century BC – is to be presented on Thursday at 19:00, at an event organised by Hellenic Post, the National University of Athens and Professor Manolis Papagrigorakis in the Athens University Grand Hall, ANA reports.
The story of the reconstruction of Myrtis – as the scientists working on the project decided to call the nameless young girl who had died thousands of years ago – began with the discovery of a mass grave during works to build the Athens metro in 1994-1995.
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