Mummy Skull Facial Approximation (VCU_3D_5170)

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This facial approximation was crafted using a CT scan of the cranium of a mummy named Nesiur currently housed at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, Ohio. The cranium was extracted from the CT scan by Virginia Commonwealth University Forensic Anthropologist Terrie Simmons-Ehrhart who guided Mason Smith in creating this facial approximation of what Nesiur would have looked like. According to Jill E. Krieg-Accrocco, Curator of Anthropology and Exhibitions, Nesiur was excavated at the Deir el-Bahari site in western Thebes in 1922 by H.E. Winlock of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Deir el-Bahari is a location where mortuary temples and tombs are situated along the west bank of the Nile River. Nesiur was found buried in a chamber cut into the floor of a brick chapel. Her coffin and mummification style suggest that Nesiur lived during the 25th Dynasty (circa 700 BC). She was donated to the Museum in 1926. The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is credited with this information.