Researchers reconstructed the face of Pharaoh Tutankhamun as a young king of the 18th dynasty, who ascended the throne at the age of 9 and died at the age of 19.
Reconstructed face of King Tut. Photo: Cicero Moraes
A team of researchers from Australia, Italy, and Brazil used modern technology to reconstruct the face of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, after 3,300 years. They will publish their findings in a new study published in the Italian journal Anatomy and Embryology, the Sun reported on May 31.
The researchers used a digital model and pre-existing measurements of King Tut’s mummy skull to reconstruct the face. Brazilian graphic designer and study co-author Cicero Moraes describes the resulting image as more like that of a young student than a responsible king. He said the modeling process was difficult because the team did not have direct access to the late pharaoh’s skull.
"It's a tracing job, where we link each piece of information to create a 3D model of the skull. With the scale data and some key cranial measurements, we can build the skull of Tutankhamun from the virtual donor's skull," Moraes explains.
Next, the research team determined King Tut's lip size, eyeball position, ear length, etc. All proportions were based on statistical research conducted on CT scans of individuals with different ancestries.
Moraes believes the reconstruction is highly compatible with the actual face in terms of overall structure. According to Michael Habicht, an Egyptologist and archaeologist at Flinders University in Australia, who co-authored the study, the reconstructed face is very close to the image created by a French team a few years ago and corresponds to ancient descriptions of Tutankhamun.
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, reigning from 1332 to 1323 BC. He was the son of pharaoh Akhenaten and ascended the throne at the age of 9 or 10. He died at the age of 18 and the cause of death is unknown.
In 1907, Lord Carnarvon George Herbert appointed British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter to oversee excavations in the Valley of the Kings. On November 4, 1922, Carter's team discovered the steps leading to King Tut's tomb. He opened the tomb and found the pharaoh's coffin in February 1923. Carter and his team spent 10 years collecting the tomb's treasures. To many, King Tut represents the glory days of Egypt, as his tomb was filled with gold and silver, reflecting the extravagance of the 18th Dynasty from 1569 to 1315 BC.
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