This prosthetic eye made from a mixture of natural tar & animal fat is nearly 5,000 years old. It was found near the city of Zabol in Iran in 2006. Archaeologists believe that the prosthetic eye, which was once painted gold, was worn by an ancient priestess who stood 6’ tall.
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Animal fat can turn rancid, maybe it caused an infection and poisoned her, you must be careful what you put in your orifices
it’s the early stages of drying, in the sense of “drying oil”: medium-length molecules bind together into a polymer, shedding some unpleasant smaller molecules in the process
Cured drying oil isn’t especially toxic
It's moisture which allows bacteria to grow. Remove most of the moisture, remove the capacity for bacterial growth.
This information is incredibly well documented all over the internet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confit
5k years later, people are making fanart of her and her golden eye. Kinda wish we could see a simulation of what her life was like (Is there some realistic art render that shows what she looked?
Golden eye
In the meantime, I strongly suggest that the archaeologists involved be very careful with the left hand...
6ft tall priestess.🙏
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YOU: Would you like to see an artificial eye from
the 1700's?
ME: Oh boy! Wood eye! RS