See what the oldest inhabitant of Egypt looked like

Scientists have created a realistic image of the face of a man who lived 30,000 years ago in the territory

modern Egypt. The researchers paid special attention to his jaw.

In 1980, archaeologists discovered the remainsskeleton of a man in the Nile Valley in Egypt. Anthropological analysis showed that at the time of his death he was between 17 and 29 years old, and his height was approximately 160 cm. The origin of the man is African. According to the study, the skeleton is the oldest example of Homo sapiens remains in Egypt and one of the oldest in the world. However, little was known about him, except that the man was buried next to a stone axe.

Now, 40 years after the discovery, the groupBrazilian researchers have created an image of a person's face using dozens of digital images. They collected them by looking through skeletal remains that are part of the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Researchers have created two images of the ancient Egyptian's face using photogrammetry. Image credit: Moacir Elias Santos and Cicero Moraes

One of the characteristics of the skull, whichWhat attracted the attention of researchers was the jaw and how it differed from more modern mandibles. Part of the skull was missing, but scientists copied and mirrored it. To do this, experts used CT scan data points from living virtual donors.

“The skull, in general, has a modern structure,but some are distinguished by archaic elements such as the jaw. It is much stronger than that of modern men,” said co-author Cicero Moraes, a Brazilian graphic arts expert.

Stitching images digitally in the processphotogrammetry, the researchers created two virtual 3D models of a person: a black-and-white image with closed eyes, and a more artistic portrait of a young man with messy dark hair and trimmed beard.

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On the cover: image of the face of an ancient Egyptian using photogrammetry
Image credit: Moasir Elias Santos and Cicero Moraes

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