Restoring the 'Screaming' face of a woman who died 3,500 years ago
Aug 21, 2024
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The mummy, found with its mouth wide open and screaming, was discovered in 1935 in a wooden coffin beneath the tomb of ancient Egyptian 18th-century architect Queen Hartshepsut.
According to a recent study, it has been assumed that women suffered severe pain or emotional stress at the time of their death, and that the expression of pain may have remained as it was as a result of immediate post-mortem stiffness.
At the time, the research team claimed that the woman was about 155cm tall during her lifetime, died at the age of 48, and must have had mild arthritis in her spine.
In the midst of this, scientists have restored and released the image of her face during her lifetime, according to British media Daily Star.
Cicero Moraes, a Brazilian graphic expert responsible for the reconstruction, said the end result is a 'feel-good-looking face' that combines several approaches.
He"used a technique that combines elements of traditional facial reconstruction schools with a novel approach based on CT scan data from real humans", he explained.
The skin tone and hair shape were reconstructed by applying imagination.
Moraes determined skin tone and haircut based on data collected from old literature and local collective studies, and ancient Egyptian art," he said.
The results of this project were recently published in 'OrtogOnLineMag', a journal specializing in 3D computer graphics.
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