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Archaeologists reveal face of Peru's 'Ice Maiden' mummy
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Posted on 10/25/2023 9:31:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The mummy, known as "Juanita" or the "Inca Ice Maiden", was an Inca girl who is thought to have been sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago.
Scientists worked with a specialist in facial reconstruction to build a silicon bust of the mummy.
Johan Reinhard, the US archaeologist who first found the mummy in 1995, said the bust "makes her even more alive".
A team of Peruvian and Polish scientists worked with Oscar Nilsson, a specialist in facial reconstruction from Sweden, to build the silicon bust of the teenage girl.
The scientists said body scans, skull measurements, DNA studies and ethnological characteristics guided their reconstruction.
Mr Nilsson told the Associated Press that it took "about 400 hours of work" to model the face, which has pronounced cheekbones, dark eyes and brown skin.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; inca; johanreinhard; mummy; oscarnilsson; peru; peruvianmummy
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:31:50 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:34:35 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Rush had a blast with that. LOL. I miss Rush. Political comedy is gone. Everyone is angry when politics comes up.
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:37:32 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Don't be an attention ho. Country Music Stars aren't given Grammys by the retarded, "woke" left. )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:40:31 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:41:50 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:43:37 AM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: BenLurkin
Yes? No?
Was I at least close?
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:44:11 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: BenLurkin
to build a silicon bust of the mummy. Plenty of "mummies" in California with silicone busts ...
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posted on
10/25/2023 9:45:33 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: BenLurkin
Woman of a thousand faces. This is just an idea in someones mind. Give the bones to 5 different “artists”...and you’ll have 5 different faces.
To: BenLurkin
Looks like Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite
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posted on
10/25/2023 10:13:59 AM PDT
by
MuttTheHoople
( "Never thot I'd live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones"-Johnny Rotten)
To: BenLurkin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Ice, ice maiden... Thanks BenLurkin.
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posted on
10/25/2023 10:19:24 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: BenLurkin
My what big teeth you have Juanita...
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posted on
10/25/2023 10:29:56 AM PDT
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: BenLurkin
"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy" — looking at "Juanita," a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic Museum
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posted on
10/25/2023 11:04:57 AM PDT
by
budj
(Combat vet, second of three generations.)
To: dfwgator
Only reason I clicked this thread. I knew you wouldn’t fail me.
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posted on
10/25/2023 11:05:04 AM PDT
by
JZelle
To: BenLurkin
Waiting ti hear from Laz on this...
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posted on
10/25/2023 11:09:59 AM PDT
by
Demiurge2
(Define your terms!)
To: Demiurge2
Well...ping him to post #8 of you must.
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posted on
10/25/2023 11:22:09 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: PGR88
She has really nice teeth.
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posted on
10/25/2023 12:20:23 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
To: MuttTheHoople
Looks like my Nicaraguan cleaning lady (yes, she’s legal)
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posted on
10/25/2023 12:35:41 PM PDT
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redangus
( )
To: Lazamataz
Posts #5,8,11.
Hit it, quit it or marry it and give the reason for each decision.
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posted on
10/25/2023 12:51:00 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
("Had I known what the North had in store for us, I would have continued fighting." Gen R E Lee )
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