Scientists have learned to recreate the appearance of people who have long passed away. This became possible thanks to modern computer technologies, as well as the process of restoring the face from the skull using the method of anthropological reconstruction of appearance.
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Scientists have recreated the appearance of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The new portrait of Tutankhamun was recreated using computer modeling of the appearance based on the analysis of the anatomical features of the mummy. The mummy of this pharaoh was studied using a tomograph. Over 2000 scans were received. In addition, scientists conducted DNA analyses of the genetic material of Tutankhamun himself and his relatives. The research, which lasted more than 10 years, allowed us to find out what the Pharaoh looked like during his lifetime. © Youtube Screenshot/AiF Collage
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Based on a laser scan of the composer’s skull and documentary sources, Scottish anthropologist Carolyn Wilkinson, together with artist Carolyn Needham, recreated his appearance © www.globallookpress.com
Meritamon was a great queen of Egypt who lived about 2000 years ago. Scientists from the University of Melbourne determined from the mummified remains that she was between 18 and 25 years old. To recreate the appearance of Meritamon, scientists resorted to medical research, forensic medical examination, computed tomography and 3D printing technology © Youtube Screenshot
Henry of Navarre ruled France from 1589 to 1610. Philip Frosh created a three-dimensional computer model based on computed tomography of Henry’s mummified head © Youtube Screenshot/Visualforensic
Scientists have reconstructed the appearance of the mummy, which was found in an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings and received the designation KV55 (Kings’ Valley No. 55). Historical and archaeological studies, including some artifacts in the tomb, suggest that the KV55 mummy is Pharaoh Akhenaten (reigned 1353-36/35 BC) © Screenshot/FAPAB Research Center
Robert Burns was such a popular poet and folklorist that his birthday became a public holiday in Scotland. Robert Burns’ appearance was reconstructed from skull fragments and lifetime portraits, as well as from written testimonies of contemporaries © Youtube Screenshot
The DNA test showed that the mummy, known as the “Younger Lady”, is the sister of Akhenaten (Thoth’s father) and the mother of Tutankhamun. Many researchers believe that the remains belong to Nefertiti, the great queen of Egypt. The reconstruction of the appearance of an ancient Egyptian mummy was performed at the University of Bristol. The process was led by Egyptologist Aiden Dodson. Directly sculpted by paleoarchist Elizabeth Danes © Youtube Screenshot
In 2012, the skeleton of the legendary English king Richard III, who died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, was found in a parking lot in Leicester. Caroline Wilkinson was engaged in the restoration of the appearance, she was based on the data of genetic examination and the shape of the king’s skull. The image turned out to be similar to portraits painted after the death of the monarch, including the earliest version – a portrait of Richard III from the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of London, created in the 1520s © www.globallookpress.com
Scientists have recreated the appearance of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The new portrait of Tutankhamun was recreated using computer modeling of the appearance based on the analysis of the anatomical features of the mummy. The mummy of this pharaoh was studied using a tomograph. Over 2000 scans were received. In addition, scientists conducted DNA analyses of the genetic material of Tutankhamun himself and his relatives. The research, which lasted more than 10 years, allowed us to find out what the Pharaoh looked like during his lifetime. © Youtube Screenshot/AiF Collage
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Based on a laser scan of the composer’s skull and documentary sources, Scottish anthropologist Carolyn Wilkinson, together with artist Carolyn Needham, recreated his appearance © www.globallookpress.com
Meritamon was a great queen of Egypt who lived about 2000 years ago. Scientists from the University of Melbourne determined from the mummified remains that she was between 18 and 25 years old. To recreate the appearance of Meritamon, scientists resorted to medical research, forensic medical examination, computed tomography and 3D printing technology © Youtube Screenshot
Henry of Navarre ruled France from 1589 to 1610. Philip Frosh created a three-dimensional computer model based on computed tomography of Henry’s mummified head © Youtube Screenshot/Visualforensic
Scientists have reconstructed the appearance of the mummy, which was found in an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings and received the designation KV55 (Kings’ Valley No. 55). Historical and archaeological studies, including some artifacts in the tomb, suggest that the KV55 mummy is Pharaoh Akhenaten (reigned 1353-36/35 BC) © Screenshot/FAPAB Research Center
Robert Burns was such a popular poet and folklorist that his birthday became a public holiday in Scotland. Robert Burns’ appearance was reconstructed from skull fragments and lifetime portraits, as well as from written testimonies of contemporaries © Youtube Screenshot
The DNA test showed that the mummy, known as the “Younger Lady”, is the sister of Akhenaten (Thoth’s father) and the mother of Tutankhamun. Many researchers believe that the remains belong to Nefertiti, the great queen of Egypt. The reconstruction of the appearance of an ancient Egyptian mummy was performed at the University of Bristol. The process was led by Egyptologist Aiden Dodson. Directly sculpted by paleoarchist Elizabeth Danes © Youtube Screenshot
In 2012, the skeleton of the legendary English king Richard III, who died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, was found in a parking lot in Leicester. Caroline Wilkinson was engaged in the restoration of the appearance, she was based on the data of genetic examination and the shape of the king’s skull. The image turned out to be similar to portraits painted after the death of the monarch, including the earliest version – a portrait of Richard III from the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of London, created in the 1520s © www.globallookpress.com