https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97760216/The-mummy-returns-reconstructing-a-face-from-the-past
The mummy returns - reconstructing a face from the past
The Ancient Egyptian woman was aged about 50 and in poor health when she died.
A 2400-year-old mummy has been given an extreme makeover.
The mummy was gifted to Otago Museum by Dunedin-based clothing manufacturer Bendix Hallenstein in 1894.
He had bought her from a contact in Luxor, Egypt, who said she came from the ancient city of Thebes.
The replica mummy will go on display next to the real mummy on Thursday.
Previous research on the museum's resident Egyptian mummy revealed she was about 50 years old and in poor health when she died.
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The museum has since tried to get a more accurate picture of the woman, who lived about 2400 years ago, between 460BC and 350BC.
CT scans and X-rays were used to create a reconstruction of the face of a 2400-year-old mummy at Otago Museum.
University of Otago forensic facial approximation researcher Dr Louisa Baillie was able to use CT scans and X-rays, refined with medical imaging software, to provide highly-detailed views of the surface of the mummy's skull and facial bones.
A 3-D polyurethane copy of her skull was able to be made, with clay used to sculpt the replica's facial features.
"I took a deep breath when I began constructing the clay representing her soft tissue. I knew that by the end a face would be looking back at me that, although approximate, would show features that were her's when alive," Baillie said.
A silicon skin was also made and the replica would wear a wig of real human hair donated by Dunedin's Freedom Wigs.
The new facial reconstruction would go on display next to the mummy in the museum's People of the World gallery on Thursday.- Stuff
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