A team of scientists has unveiled the possible living face of the 'Inca Ice Maiden,' Peru's most famous mummy.
The possible living face of Peru's most famous mummy, a teenage Inca girl sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago atop the Andes, was unveiled Tuesday.The silicone-made bust portrays a young woman with pronounced cheekbones, black eyes and tanned skin.
Dagmara Socha, a Polish bioarchaeologist at the University of Warsaw's Center for Andean Studies, said at the ceremony that the first step in achieving Juanita's face was 'to obtain a replica of the skull.'Then 'body scans, DNA studies, ethnological characteristics, age, complexion' were used in the facial reconstruction, the university said in a statement. According to anthropological studies, Juanita was sacrificed between A.D.
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