Researchers have reverse-engineered the ancient ritual practice that created one of The British Museum’s most important artifacts—the Jericho Skull—revealing the face of a man whose remains were decorated and venerated some 9,500 years ago. Now, thanks to digital imaging, 3D printing, and forensic reconstruction techniques, specialists have recreated the face of the individual inside the Jericho Skull—and it turns out to belong to a 40-something man with a broken nose.
Face of 9,500-Year-Old Man Revealed for First Time
