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photo of hand with gloves holding a human skull and photo of woman in a lab with text that says Speaking with the Dead: What Bones Can Tell Us About Life in the Past

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Speaking with the Dead:

What Bones Can Tell Us About Life in the Past

2024-11-13 15:30:00 2024-11-13 16:30:00 America/New_York Speaking with the Dead: Dead men tell no tales - unless of course they are being looked at by an archaeologist! Then they often can tell a lot - from where they grew up to what they ate to how old they were when they died. Zoom Presentation -

Wednesday, November 13
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-13 15:30:00 2024-11-13 16:30:00 America/New_York Speaking with the Dead: Dead men tell no tales - unless of course they are being looked at by an archaeologist! Then they often can tell a lot - from where they grew up to what they ate to how old they were when they died. Zoom Presentation -

Dead men tell no tales - unless of course they are being looked at by an archaeologist! Then they often can tell a lot - from where they grew up to what they ate to how old they were when they died.

Join archaeologist Ellen Green to see how skeletons can help us build biographies of the people they once were, and how that helps us understand past civilizations. Learn how the latest forensic and medical knowledge can be applied to people who died thousands of years ago in order to create a window into their lives and their deaths. This presentation will include pictures of (archeological) human remains.  

Ellen Green is an archaeology researcher at the University of Reading specializing in religion and mortuary practices from 2000 years ago. Before returning to academia, Green worked as a field archaeologist in the city of London, England digging up everything from Stone-age tools to Shakespearian theatres and Roman cemeteries. 

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