GOLDEN, Colo., March 9 (UPI) -- The face of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy can now be seen, thanks to researchers in Colorado who exposed it without disturbing any of the ancient linen.
Experts at the Medical Modeling Corp. in Golden, Colo., used sophisticated medical scans and forensic data to craft a three-dimensional bust of the "rich woman mummy," a longtime resident of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the Denver Post reported Wednesday.
The woman has amulets in her body, stones in her eyes, and terribly wrinkled skin despite her careful preparation at death, the scans showed.
"It was very exciting - you're looking at going from looking at shriveled-up skin to looking at a real person," said Travis Vermilye, the medical illustrator with Medical Modeling who did much of the computerized reconstruction.
Marianne Reynolds, the museum's director of exhibits, said it's delightful to finally "bring to life" the ancient mummy, about which very little is known. Medical Modeling did the work without charge.
