2,300 years old, this astonishingly life-like bronze head of Thracian king Seuthes III ~ with alabaster & glass paste eyes (so bloodshot!), copper strips for eyelashes & eyebrows, & maybe evidence of old injury to cheekbone. Found in his tomb in 2004 (Nat Mus Archaeology, Sofia)
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> 2,300 years old, this astonishingly life-like bronze head of Thracian king Seuthes III ~ with alabaster & glass paste eyes (so bloodshot!), copper strips for eyelashes & eyebrows, & maybe evidence of old injury to cheekbone. Found in his tomb in 2004 (Nat Mus Archaeology, Sofia)
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