The face of Ramesses II

February 9, 2023
This article is from Ancient Egypt issue 135


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A team from the Liverpool John Moores University ‘Face Lab’ and the

right Ramesses II as he may have looked at 45 (right) and at 90 years old (far right), in reconstructions by scientists in Liverpool and Cairo based on CT and photographic data.
Ramesses II as he may have looked at 45 and at 90 years old (below), in reconstructions by scientists in Liverpool and Cairo based on CT and photographic data.

University of Cairo have created reconstructions of the face of Ramesses II at the ages of 45 and 90. The images were created using computed tomography (CT) data, photographs of his skull, and historical data, and took three months to produce.

Images: Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University

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