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Jens Notroff Nov 8, 2022

Best known examples might be e.g. the famous #Neolithic plastered human #skulls 💀 from sites like #TellEsSultan (#Jericho):

Selected individual's heads apparently were given back a #face with the help of gypsum, shells and paint - and then probably put on display (before later being reburied again).

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/facing-past-jericho-skull

Facing the past: the Jericho Skull

Excavations near Jericho revealed a mysterious human skull, but it was only recently that Museum researchers have been able to learn more.

The British Museum