The Secret of Gaya Women

What is the relationship between the portrait of this elegant woman and the scary skeleton displayed here? This image here shows the scientifically reconstructed features of a Gaya woman. Thanks to the skeleton on the right, it was possible to reconstruct the features of a Gaya woman of the time although no pictures or portraits were left behind. This skeleton was discovered in Daeseong-dong and if you look from a certain angle at the woman’s portrait, it will overlap with the image of the skeleton.

Now, let's look at the skeleton on the right carefully.

The head of this woman is slightly long, a trait of an ancient Korean. Her features are slightly gathered around the lower part of her face, and she has round eyes and a somewhat wide nose and the area between her eyebrows is flat, but her chin is slim, similar to that of a modern woman.

The woman's leg bones are not as strong as those of a man, but she was found to be quite muscular compared to other average women, which shows that she is presumed to have done labor-related work. And a basinet was excavated in the region around her head, which makes some people think that she was a "warrior of Gaya." In addition, evidence of her having given birth to one or two babies was found when her pelvis was examined.
In this way, a great deal of information can be found from human bones unearthed from old tombs.