
He is certain that the girl born 3000 years ago was destined from birth to be the leader of their society, something that did indeed happen when she reached adulthood. "We don't know if she was a queen or just a tribal leader, or if she performed as some sort of advisor or high priestess religious figure", he explained.
They discovered the tomb when a single large rock was found beneath the temple's main platform. It was just one of various rocks covering the tomb deep below. After removing them all, they could see the unmistakable shine of gold.
According to Kazuhiro Uzawa who studied the skull deformation back in Japan, the deformation was clearly pre-planned and deliberate. To do it, from the first days of life, planks of wood would have been tied to her head. The investigator explains that the deformation process ended when the girl was around 3 years old.
They do not specify what kind of shaped head she wound up with -- a conehead or a hammerhead shape or what? Maybe some pictures will be released later.
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