Meresamun Facial Reconstruction

Leveraging the latest software and imaging technology, Chicago-based forensic artist Josh Harker digitally reconstructed the face of Meresamun, an Egyptian priestess who lived around 800 B.C. As his guide for the shape of her skull and her facial features, he used crystal-clear 3-D images from Meresamun's historic September 2008 scans at the University of Chicago. For complete coverage of the story, including a hand-drawn police sketch of Meresamun by Michael Brassell, see the "Priestess of Amun" feature on ARCHAEOLOGY's website (http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mummy
• facial reconstruction
• archaeology
• egypt

[theshow2k8]

@psycorekinesis

Study and learn indeed because most of the mummies aren't Negro.

[SiriusMoor9]

They need to STOP! LOL!! That looks like a cave-woman with a lace wig impersonating a real Khemetic woman.

[psycorekinesis]

all who dont know should get their facts right. Arabs invaded africa in the 7th century.this woman meresamun roamed the earth in 800BC years before the arabs came in africa. The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus the greek father of history discribed ancient egyptians as dark with woollen hair. The Bible says both Egyptians and Ethiopians are descendants of Ham.Melanin Dosage Test conducted in the mummies shows they are negroid, that goes for the evidence From Blood Types. study n learn

[atomicsexxxkitten]

She looks like most east African women i have seen. a mix of black and Semitic. Ancient Egyptians weren't Bantu like the people of west Africa so full lips and noses aren't gonna be a common trait. Just like Mediterranean Europeans don't look like Scandinavians, and Han Chinese don't look just like people from Laos or Cambodia.

[mcfrandy]

@madkeyra How would you know weather it looks anient egyption or not?

[madkeyra]

They found a new way to turn Egypt other than black. I wish White people can find were they come from, meaning Ancient History so they can stop stealing black African History. Egyptians didn't look like that. The mummy's had more character than that. It doesn't look Egyptian at all.

[bummercucumber]

This reconstruction seems off a bit.

[ChristianMusician777]

not all Egyptians are black

[tissetatten]

mabee they did!

[ForYouchube]

Who cares if shes black or white its just a damn skull.