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Myrtis
thumb|200px|Myrtis' reconstructed appearance, National archaeological museum of athens|National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Myrtis () is the name given by archaeologists to an 11-year-old girl from ancient Athens, whose remains were discovered in 1994–95 in a mass grave during work to build the metro station at Kerameikos, Greece. The name was chosen from common ancient Greek names. The analysis showed that Myrtis and two other bodies in the mass grave had died of typhoid fever during the Plague of Athens in 430 BC.
Schöningen Spears
8 wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic, excavated in 1994–1998 in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany