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Bog woman given a face
Copenhagen Post ^ | January 29, 2010 | Unattributed

Posted on 02/10/2010 6:25:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The female known as the Auning Woman, found in a northeastern Jutland bog 1886, and housed at the Museum for Culture and History in Randers, has finally got a face.

Reasonably well-preserved when she popped up from the bog, the woman's 2000-year-old skull was broken into several pieces.

But sculptor Bjørn Skaarup and medical examiner Niels Lynnerup from the Panum Institute in Copenhagen have now reconstructed the Auning Woman's face, using the common forensic clay method first developed by Russian anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov.

The finished product was put on display today at the museum. And although the results have shown her to be neither attractive nor particularly ugly, a reproduction of her face that is according to Lynnerup "as close to reality as it comes", can now be viewed.

Experts believe the woman was killed as a sacrifice, probably to pagan gods...

Lynnerup and Skaarup have had considerable experience using their talents, having performed reconstructions of Denmark's eighth king Svend II, 17th century nobleman Kaj Lykke and the oldest known Dane ever found, the 10,000 year-old Koelbjerg Woman.

With a plastic copy of the body's skull -- and knowing the sex and approximate age of the deceased -- the pair is able to determine the general shape of the head and face, including the size of the nose and mouth...

Lynnerup admitted, however, that there was no way to know what a person's ears and hair looked like without a sample. Eyebrows, eye colour, wrinkles and other features were also unable to be exactly recreated, he said.

The Auning Woman is being exhibited in the museum's Ancient History wing.

(Excerpt) Read more at jp.dk ...


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1 posted on 02/10/2010 6:25:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 02/10/2010 6:25:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv

lol!!


3 posted on 02/10/2010 6:27:46 PM PST by GeronL (Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wonder why there are no pictures.


4 posted on 02/10/2010 6:28:30 PM PST by svcw (If you are going to quote the Bible know what you are quoting.)
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To: SunkenCiv
I hope you kept the receipt because she is going to want to return that face.
5 posted on 02/10/2010 6:29:03 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Special SOTU tagline: YOU LIE!)
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To: SunkenCiv

She is Bogwoman, not bogface.


6 posted on 02/10/2010 6:30:30 PM PST by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Please check your disoriented calendar. Here we are approaching Valentines Day and already your hanging up the halloween decorations!


7 posted on 02/10/2010 6:30:37 PM PST by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: SunkenCiv

Are the above photos what they dug up, or after reconstruction? I don’t understand.

Strange, to see a primitive creature like that looking back at us through the ages...


8 posted on 02/10/2010 6:32:19 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: svcw
Wonder why there are no pictures.

Helen Thomas antidote!

9 posted on 02/10/2010 6:33:36 PM PST by Young Werther ( ("Quae Cum Ita Sunt - Julius Caesar "Since these things are so!"))
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To: svcw

This is the only one I can find. From here

http://www.indiatalkies.com/2010/02/face-2000yearold-woman-reconstructed.html

10 posted on 02/10/2010 6:38:34 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: netmilsmom

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YIKES!


11 posted on 02/10/2010 6:41:48 PM PST by Touch Not the Cat
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To: SunkenCiv

Double your pleasure, double your fun with double mint gum.

This face looks like something that would stick to your shoe.


12 posted on 02/10/2010 6:46:09 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: SunkenCiv

There are threads I expect to see Helen, and then one like this comes along and catches me off guard. Damn You! :)


13 posted on 02/10/2010 6:47:28 PM PST by bleach (Sarah, Wake me in 2012)
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To: netmilsmom

Nightmares!!!!


14 posted on 02/10/2010 6:49:16 PM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: SunkenCiv

15 posted on 02/10/2010 6:52:54 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: SunkenCiv; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon; Slings and Arrows
The female known as the Auning Woman, found in a northeastern Jutland bog 1886, and housed at the Museum for Culture and History in Randers, has finally got a face.

Not guilty.

16 posted on 02/10/2010 7:25:56 PM PST by martin_fierro (Shady Lady)
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To: SunkenCiv

I almost hit the abuse button. One photo would have sufficed. A mirror-image is over the top!


17 posted on 02/10/2010 7:49:30 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: SunkenCiv

NooooOOOOOOOhhhhhHHHHH!!!! LOL


18 posted on 02/10/2010 9:54:30 PM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: svcw

http://www.indiatalkies.com/up_images/11126728.jpg


19 posted on 02/10/2010 9:56:14 PM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: PghBaldy

Dammit. Helen Thomas again!


20 posted on 02/10/2010 11:08:13 PM PST by BenKenobi (;)
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