11 Oct 2017

Giving a face to a Mummy

From Afternoons, 1:28 pm on 11 October 2017

A Egyptian mummy that's lived at Otago Museum for more than 100 years has just been given a face.

Thanks to modern science, University of Otago researchers were able to give the mummy .. who lived around 2400 years ago, a facial construction. 

Through a combination of a 3D model, clay, silicon and a wig made from human hair, her features were re-created.

Researcher Dr Louisa Baillie talks us through the process.