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Sep 9 2008, Sophia

Archaeologists working at the Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, southeastern Iran discovered an artificial eye belonging to a large woman who died when she was 25 to 30 year old. This rare discovery at the 5200-year-old site throws light on...

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