The face of a 2 300-year-old Egyptian mummy has been reconstructed as the elderly woman she was, wrinkles and all.
The bust by Philadelphia forensic sculptor Frank Bender differs from most reconstructions, which typically portray smooth skin, according to Sam Farmerie, Westminster College's curator of cultural artifacts.
The mummy, named Pesed, was donated in 1885 to the college by an Egyptian missionary who paid $8 for it, and another $5 to ship it to the United States. The missionary was also a Westminster alumnus.
CT scans and X-rays indicate that Pesed was a 55- to 70-year-old woman who had osteoporosis and abscesses along her jaw, which could indicate that she had an infection that could have led to malnutrition or death. Experts believe that she likely looked older than her years.
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