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Model Of Mummy's Head Made Without Unwrapping

Posted by timothy on from the egyptology-week dept.

jekluk writes "This story in World Science has a cool picture. Basically they used CT scanning to create a 3D model of a mummy's head without unwrapping a stitch of the mummy. Looks very lifelike, just as if the guy is asleep. The details are shown down to the mole on his forehead."

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  1. forensic reconstruction by wowbagger · · Score: 3, Informative

    As I read the article, they took the CAT scans, then used the data to reconstruct the face in the same way as they reconstruct the faces of skulls now - that is, by using a model of how deep the skin and muscle is on the skull.

    In other words, if you could "see through" the wrappings on the mummy, his face would NOT look like the image in the article - it would be dried out and, well, mummified-looking.

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  2. Re:Am I understanding this correctly? by justkarl · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work in a medical imaging department, so I have a pretty good understanding of how it works.
    For the most part, you hit the nail on the head. What probably happened is they took a very precise CT of his head, and then reconstructed a 3-dimentional image from the axial CT.

    It's really interesting, because it's actually very accurate...This probably gives us a very good idea of what he looked like.