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Skeleton of a young female

Osteologists Ove and Evy Persson during the excavation of Grave 2 at Ajvide, Eksta parish, Gotland, Sweden, in 1983. The skeleton belongs to a young female, c. 20 years of age when she died, and can be dated to around 2700 BC (4700 years ago). Göran Burenhult.
Göran Burenhult.
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