An ancient prosthetic eye, on a female skeleton dated 2900 and 2800 BCE. The eye has a diameter of 2
An ancient prosthetic eye, on a female skeleton dated 2900 and 2800 BCE. The eye has a diameter of 2.5 cm and consists of a light material, probably bitumen paste. The surface is covered with a thin layer of gold, engraved with a central circle (representing the iris) and gold lines patterned like sun rays. The skeleton was 1.82 m tall (6 feet), much taller than ordinary women of the time. An extraordinarily tall woman wearing an engraved golden eye patterned with rays like a tiny sun -- source link
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