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Wednesday June 21, 9:27 PMFace of 3,800-year-old mummy portrayed using computer graphics(Kyodo) _ The Waseda University Institute of Egyptology has created an image using computer graphics of the face of an Egyptian mummy, believed to be about 3,800 years old, institute officials said Wednesday.The university's Egypt research team has concluded the mummy, found in an archeological site in Dahshur, Egypt, in January last year, is of a middle-aged or old man, based on data from CT scans of it, they said. Joshibi University of Art and Design helped the institute portray the image of the face, which has almond-shaped eyes, a wide nose and thick lips, they said. The mummy is believed to be of a military commander named Senw, who lived around 1750 B.C., judging from inscriptions on his coffin, they said. Looking at the image of the face, Sakuji Yoshimura, who leads the research team, said, "I feel life has been inserted in it." The picture of the face will be publicly displayed across Japan beginning in July. |
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