Published 20:32 IST, October 15th 2019
Scientists reveal how people looked like in Indus Valley Civilization
Scientists have generated an accurate facial representation of people from 8,000 years ago in Indus Valley Civilization revealing how people might look
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Scientists have generated a reportedly accurate facial representation of people from 8,000 years ago in Indus Valley Civilization. archaeological remains of earliest kwn civilization have been recovered from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan which helped scientists to learn about ir customs, architecture, clothing, ornaments. However, until recently, re were discoveries about facial structures of people from civilization of ir facial structures after selecting two bodies from a total of 37 to direct study on ir faces.
How did scientists do that?
scientists took first of its kind attempt to do craniofacial reconstruction (CFR) procedure after investigating Indus Valley Civilization's cemetery area of Rakhigarhi site currently in Hisar District in state of Haryana in India. procedure used computed tomography (CT) data from two skulls obtained from site, y were also identified as A1 BR02 and A2 BR36. se two individuals from civilization were buried nearly 4,500 years ago.
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Moreover, this attempt has also been successful in recognizing people from Indus. study has also been published in Anatomical Science International journal by a team of 15 scientists and acemics led by W J Lee and Vasant Shinde. Moreover, study was supported in part by a grant from National Geographic Society. In ar success for archaeologists, Afghan museum also restored Artifacts of Buddhist History which were destroyed in 2001.
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Cautioned issued by researchers
After this breakthrough discovery, caution has reportedly been issued against generic conclusions. authors of study have also said that a more enhanced investigation of graves and anthropological data is still required for a more comprehensive account of subject. reconstruction of facial expressions was achieved after several sts. So far, idea of Indus people and ir appearances were mainly based on portraits which were comparatively a poorly developed art form among people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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(With ncy inputs)
20:18 IST, October 15th 2019