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How much can we learn from an entombed skeleton? This album introduces Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, an Etruscan noblewoman whose remains, along with her magnificent painted sarcophagus and life-size model, provide us with an unequalled insight a Roman life around 150 BC. The Etruscans were the original inhabitants of Italy before the Romans, and Seianti’s sarcophagus and skeleton reveal a huge amount about their customs and society, as well as her own health, lifestyle and status. Medical artis ...
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Learning from human remains: Seianti’s skeleton
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An audio introduction to this album.By The Open University
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An introduction to the most complete Etruscan skeleton in existence.By The Open University
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Seianti’s clothing and jewellery give us many clues about her identity.By The Open University
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A pathology expert builds up a fascinating picture of Seianti’s health, lifestyle, and death.By The Open University
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A forensic-medical artist and an archaeologist reconstruct Seianti’s face using anatomical science.By The Open University
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