Identity Restored
Nesmin's Forensic Facial Reconstruction in Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14713228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Branislav Anđelković (0000-0002-3629-2725, University of Belgrade), Joshua Harker |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 715-728 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v6i3.10 |
| OpenAlex | W2626414246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
A wide range of archaeological human remains stay, for the most part, anonymous and are consequently treated as objects of analysis; not as dead people. With the growing availability of medical imaging and rapidly developing computer technology, 3D digital facial reconstruction, as a noninvasive form of study, offers a successful method of recreating faces from mummified human remains. Forensic facial reconstruction has been utilized for various purposes in scientific investigation, including restoring the physical appearance of the people of ancient civilizations which is an important aspect of their individual identity. Restoring the identity of the Belgrade mummy started in 1991. Along with the absolute dating, gender, age, name, rank and provenance, we also established his genealogy. The owner of Cairo stela 22053 discovered at Akhmim in 1885, and the Belgrade coffin purchased in Luxor in 1888, in which the mummy rests, have been identified as the very same person. Forensic facial reconstruction was used to reproduce, with the highest possible degree of accuracy, the facial appearance of the mummy Nesmin, ca. 300 B.C., a priest from Akhmim, when he was alive
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Coffin · Context (archaeology) · Face (sociological concept) · Facial reconstruction · Forensic science · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |