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Dundee academics reconstruct Viking woman's face
BBC ^ | April 13, 2011 | Unknown

Posted on 04/14/2011 3:57:39 AM PDT by decimon

Academics at Dundee University have helped recreate the face of a Viking woman whose skeleton was unearthed in York more than 30 years ago.

The facial reconstruction was achieved by laser-scanning her skull to create a 3D digital model.

Eyes were then digitally created, along with hair and a bonnet, to complete the look.

The project was part of a £150,000 investment at York's Jorvik Viking Centre.

The Dundee academics were brought in by the centre's owners, the York Archaeological Trust, as part of a project to bring York's Vikings to life.

The female skeleton used was one of four excavated at Coppergate in York.

The reconstruction process was carried out using specialist computer equipment which allowed the user to "feel" what they were modelling on screen. The anatomy of the face was modelled in "virtual clay" from the deep muscles to the surface.

Dundee University researcher Janice Aitken took the digital reconstruction and added the finishing touches.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; viking
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To: decimon; Lazamataz

Laz would hit it


21 posted on 04/14/2011 4:29:01 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Of course Laz would hit it!)
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To: decimon

They do it all the time on “Bones” ;)


22 posted on 04/14/2011 4:44:30 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
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To: decimon
Looks like she belongs in a “Shrek” movie.
23 posted on 04/14/2011 4:53:21 AM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: decimon
It took me a few minutes, but this is what I was able to reconstruct from the same skull.


24 posted on 04/14/2011 5:00:57 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: decimon

Guilty!


25 posted on 04/14/2011 5:03:31 AM PDT by WaterBoard
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To: decimon

The Face That Raunched a Thousand Ships


26 posted on 04/14/2011 5:04:30 AM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: decimon

Wifey...Honey..is that you?


27 posted on 04/14/2011 5:07:47 AM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt The Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: bunkerhill7

A face that caused the crews of a thousand ships to “WRETCH” violently!


28 posted on 04/14/2011 5:10:05 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Applied Christianity;a study in spiritual fiber optics connecting God's love to man!)
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To: decimon

Guilty!


29 posted on 04/14/2011 5:25:43 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (2012 - End of an error)
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To: decimon

30 posted on 04/14/2011 5:29:24 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

31 posted on 04/14/2011 5:30:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: djf
Why is the left side of her head twenty years older than the right side?
The light is coming from the right side, which would hide any wrinkles on that side, but accentuate wrinkles on the left
32 posted on 04/14/2011 5:30:44 AM PDT by jmcenanly ( "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
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To: bunkerhill7

Gold Star for the day...


33 posted on 04/14/2011 5:45:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: Jim Noble

I have no idea by what standards a Viking would use to determine beauty. I do know that their standards would be different then ours today.

While this woman appears plain to our eyes, she may very well have been the ideal woman of her time.

We only have to look at the winners of the early Miss America contest to see how our own standards of beauty have changed in a hundred years.


34 posted on 04/14/2011 5:49:13 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (California does not have a money problem, it has a spending problem.)
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To: decimon

kinda looks liek shrek!


35 posted on 04/14/2011 6:40:56 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Travis McGee

I’m seeing double double.


36 posted on 04/14/2011 7:22:21 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Vaquero
First time one of those ladies gets a hot empty down the decolletage, they are going to rethink their attire.

I certain did. No more scoop neck T-shirts at the range! (I still have the scar.)

37 posted on 04/14/2011 10:31:39 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: paulycy

Want.


38 posted on 04/14/2011 3:42:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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39 posted on 04/14/2011 3:58:28 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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