Facial Reconstruction | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/facial-reconstruction/RSS feed for Facial ReconstructionenTue, 10 Mar 2026 15:55:47 +0000See How Scientists Reconstructed the Face of Little Foot, a Human Ancestor Who Lived 3.67 Million Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-scientists-reconstructed-the-face-of-little-foot-a-human-ancestor-who-lived-3-67-million-years-ago-180988299/For the first time, researchers have digitally reconstructed the facial fragments of the individual, who belonged to the Australopithecus genusTue, 10 Mar 2026 15:55:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-scientists-reconstructed-the-face-of-little-foot-a-human-ancestor-who-lived-3-67-million-years-ago-180988299/These Individuals Were Buried in Colombia Wearing 'Death Masks.' Researchers Just Digitally Removed the Skull Coverings to Reveal Their Faces for the First Timehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-faces-of-four-individuals-buried-in-colombia-with-death-masks-researchers-just-digitally-removed-the-skull-coverings-to-reveal-their-faces-for-the-first-time-180987449/See the portraits of a 6- or 7-year-old child, a woman in her 60s, and two young men who were buried in Colombia between the 13th and 18th centuriesMon, 06 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-faces-of-four-individuals-buried-in-colombia-with-death-masks-researchers-just-digitally-removed-the-skull-coverings-to-reveal-their-faces-for-the-first-time-180987449/See the Faces of Two Sisters Who Toiled Away in a Neolithic Mine 6,000 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-faces-of-two-sisters-who-toiled-away-in-a-neoithic-mine-6000-years-ago-180987103/Archaeologists created 3D reconstructions of the women's faces based on an analysis of their teeth and bones. Found in the Czech Republic, the siblings "did not have an easy life," the new research suggestsTue, 05 Aug 2025 17:45:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-faces-of-two-sisters-who-toiled-away-in-a-neoithic-mine-6000-years-ago-180987103/Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton's Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here's What They Foundhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-have-sequenced-an-ancient-egyptian-skeletons-entire-genome-for-the-very-first-time-heres-what-they-found-180986935/Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely descended from ancestors in North Africa and MesopotamiaMon, 07 Jul 2025 19:26:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-have-sequenced-an-ancient-egyptian-skeletons-entire-genome-for-the-very-first-time-heres-what-they-found-180986935/See the Face of a 10,500-Year-Old Woman, Reconstructed by Archaeologists and Artistshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-face-of-a-10500-year-old-woman-reconstructed-by-archaeologists-and-artists-180986852/Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in Belgium's Meuse Valley during the Mesolithic periodWed, 25 Jun 2025 18:53:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-face-of-a-10500-year-old-woman-reconstructed-by-archaeologists-and-artists-180986852/See the Face of a Royal Woman Who Lived in Greece 3,500 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-face-of-a-royal-woman-who-lived-in-greece-3500-year-ago-180986383/Created by digital artist Juanjo Ortega G., the digital reconstruction depicts a woman who died in her mid-30s during the late Bronze AgeThu, 10 Apr 2025 19:12:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-face-of-a-royal-woman-who-lived-in-greece-3500-year-ago-180986383/Listen to the Resurrected Voice of Richard III—Who Speaks With an Unexpected Accenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/listen-to-the-resurrected-voice-of-richard-iii-who-speaks-with-an-unexpected-accent-180985524/A team of experts has created a digital avatar of the maligned monarch, who speaks with a Yorkshire accent. The 15th-century king was born in Northampton, but he spent much of his life in northern EnglandTue, 26 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/listen-to-the-resurrected-voice-of-richard-iii-who-speaks-with-an-unexpected-accent-180985524/See the Reconstructed Face of a Mummy Stored in a High School Library Since 1915https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-reconstructed-face-mummy-stored-in-high-school-library-since-1915-180984342/A forensic artist hopes the sculpture will help humanize the mummy, which appeared at Australia's Grafton High School under mysterious circumstancesMon, 13 May 2024 17:04:35 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-reconstructed-face-mummy-stored-in-high-school-library-since-1915-180984342/Meet Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal Woman Who Walked the Earth 75,000 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-shanidar-z-a-75000-year-old-neanderthal-woman-180984284/After carefully piecing her skull back together, archaeologists and paleoartists have created a lifelike 3D reconstruction of the woman's faceMon, 06 May 2024 17:54:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-shanidar-z-a-75000-year-old-neanderthal-woman-180984284/See the Faces of Four Scots Across Thousands of Years of History, Brought to Life Using A.I.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-faces-of-four-scots-across-thousands-of-years-of-history-brought-to-life-using-ai-180984019/The Perth Museum in Scotland is unveiling digital reconstructions of men and women who lived in the region from the Bronze Age through the 16th centuryMon, 25 Mar 2024 17:16:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-faces-of-four-scots-across-thousands-of-years-of-history-brought-to-life-using-ai-180984019/