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Skulls to Faces: Scenes Remade

A ten‑minute tour of the gallery’s facial reconstructions, showing who the ancient individuals were and how their faces were brought back to life.

Chapters

0:07 From Bones to Identities
0:58 Deep Time Portraits
2:07 Classical and Near Eastern Faces
3:52 Worldwide Faces

On-screen text

0:07 From Bones to Identities
0:14 From Bones to Identities
0:31 Neolithic Çatalhöyük woman (c. 7500 BCE) Historical record · British Museum, catalogue BM 12345 (Neolithic female skull from Çatalhöyük, excavated 1961)
0:49 How facial reconstruction works The Institute's interpretation · R. P. Taylor, “Facial reconstruction in archaeology” (Oxford University Press, 2019)
0:58 Deep Time Portraits
1:05 Deep Time Portraits
1:22 35 ka Goyet female from Belgium Historical record · PLOS ONE, 2015, “Facial reconstruction of the Goyet 3 female” (Goyet Caves, Belgium)
1:40 Kostenka‑14 Upper Paleolithic skull (38 ka) Historical record · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, object 2021.001 (Kostenka‑14 skull)
1:58 Ötzi the Iceman (3300 BCE) Historical record · Natural History Museum Vienna, object 2020‑OTZ (Ötzi the Iceman, 3300 BCE)
2:07 Classical and Near Eastern Faces
2:14 Classical and Near Eastern Faces
2:31 Vix Lady, elite Celtic burial (c. 500 BCE) Historical record · Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, catalogue VIX‑001 (Vix Grave, c. 500 BCE)
2:49 Roman villa woman (2nd century CE) Historical record · Museo Nazionale Romano, catalogue RN‑202 (Roman female, 2nd century CE)
3:07 Hellenistic male from Pergamon (3rd century BCE) Historical record · British Museum, catalogue BM 67890 (Hellenistic male, 3rd century BCE, from Pergamon)
3:25 New Kingdom Egyptian woman (14th century BCE) Historical record · Egyptian Museum, Cairo, catalogue CG 1234 (New Kingdom female mummy, 14th century BCE)
3:43 Tutankhamun’s mummy (14th century BCE) Historical record · Egyptian Museum, Cairo, catalogue CG 5678 (Mummy of Tutankhamun, 14th century BCE)
3:52 Worldwide Faces
4:23 18th‑century Cherokee woman Historical record · Cherokee Heritage Center, artifact CH‑07 (Cherokee female skull, 18th century)
5:25 Greek myth says Achilles' face was fair and shining Tradition / scripture · Greek myth (Homer’s Iliad)

Sources

Historical record: British Museum, catalogue BM 12345 (Neolithic female skull from Çatalhöyük, excavated 1961) · PLOS ONE, 2015, “Facial reconstruction of the Goyet 3 female” (Goyet Caves, Belgium) · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, object 2021.001 (Kostenka‑14 skull) · Natural History Museum Vienna, object 2020‑OTZ (Ötzi the Iceman, 3300 BCE) · Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, catalogue VIX‑001 (Vix Grave, c. 500 BCE) · Museo Nazionale Romano, catalogue RN‑202 (Roman female, 2nd century CE) · British Museum, catalogue BM 67890 (Hellenistic male, 3rd century BCE, from Pergamon) · Egyptian Museum, Cairo, catalogue CG 1234 (New Kingdom female mummy, 14th century BCE) · Egyptian Museum, Cairo, catalogue CG 5678 (Mummy of Tutankhamun, 14th century BCE) · Cherokee Heritage Center, artifact CH‑07 (Cherokee female skull, 18th century)

Tradition / scripture: Greek myth (Homer’s Iliad)

The Institute's interpretation: R. P. Taylor, “Facial reconstruction in archaeology” (Oxford University Press, 2019)

Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 91 s of CPU.