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Judi Lynn

(162,376 posts)
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:14 AM Sep 2021

3 Egyptian mummy faces revealed in stunning reconstruction

By Mindy Weisberger 1 day ago

A forensic artist created the 3D reconstructions based on genetic data.



Forensic reconstruction of the mummies JK2911, JK2134 and JK2888. (Image credit: Parabon NanoLabs)

The faces of three men who lived in ancient Egypt more than 2,000 years ago have been brought back to life. Digital reconstructions depict the men at age 25, based on DNA data extracted from their mummified remains.

The mummies came from Abusir el-Meleq, an ancient Egyptian city on a floodplain to the south of Cairo, and they were buried between 1380 B.C. and A.D. 425. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Tübingen, Germany, sequenced the mummies' DNA in 2017; it was the first successful reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian mummy's genome, Live Science reported at the time.

And now, researchers at Parabon NanoLabs, a DNA technology company in Reston, Virginia, have used that genetic data to create 3D models of the mummies' faces through a process called forensic DNA phenotyping, which uses genetic analysis to predict the shape of facial features and other aspects of a person's physical appearance.

"This is the first time comprehensive DNA phenotyping has been performed on human DNA of this age," Parabon representatives said in a statement. Parabon revealed the mummies' faces on Sept. 15 at the 32nd International Symposium on Human Identification in Orlando, Florida.

More:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mummies-faces-reconstructed-dna?utm_source=notification

Each head cries out for a jaunty chapeau:











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3 Egyptian mummy faces revealed in stunning reconstruction (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2021 OP
They look so...modern. It's the hair maybe. Croney Sep 2021 #1
yeah, they could have put some period hair on there. mopinko Sep 2021 #3
They Usually Shaved Their Heads/Wore Wigs Me. Sep 2021 #6
They look modern and gorgeous. Polly Hennessey Sep 2021 #2
Yea, well, who is going to verify the artist's conception. I am old and I can't remember Chainfire Sep 2021 #7
My thoughts too. Duppers Sep 2021 #9
but, but, but, they were all white in the movies! getagrip_already Sep 2021 #4
Is something wrong with me? lillypaddle Sep 2021 #5
Egyptian men rarely wear hats these days. Exceptions are Tetrachloride Sep 2021 #8

mopinko

(71,802 posts)
3. yeah, they could have put some period hair on there.
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:34 AM
Sep 2021

would be fun to see them in the full period attire.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
7. Yea, well, who is going to verify the artist's conception. I am old and I can't remember
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 09:27 AM
Sep 2021

what they really looked like...

getagrip_already

(17,435 posts)
4. but, but, but, they were all white in the movies!
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:41 AM
Sep 2021

How dare science contradict the likes of charlton heston! Don't you DARE teach this in schools.

Harumph. Fake science. CRT!!!! Yeah, that's it!

Tetrachloride

(8,447 posts)
8. Egyptian men rarely wear hats these days. Exceptions are
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 10:21 AM
Sep 2021

are uniformed military and police. Berets and a peaked baseball cap depending on the type of person.

Plainclothes police do not.

Turbans are seen among traditionalists.

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