King Tut's Face

The following are faces that were created to look like King Tut according to his skull...

Originally posted by Ollios british one is more looking like Black African(look at noise)

I would say that the first two pictures aren't too dissimilar. I'm not sure what you mean about the nose, but then maybe someone might be able to explain the reasoning. 

Under his direction three independent artist-scientist teams, one French, one American, and one Egyptian, used modern forensic techniques to reconstruct Tut’s face. Two of these teams were chosen and sponsored by the National Geographic; the third was selected by the SCA. The French and Egyptian teams were told that the subject was Tutankhamun. The American team was not given the subject’s identity and was thus working “blind.”

http://guardians.net/hawass/Press_Release_05-05_Tut_Reconstruction.htm

This image of what he might have looked like, to me, is more in line with his skeletal remains. 

Apart from the way the eyes are made up and the shape of the very top of the head, then both depictions are basically the same.

Originally posted by tjadams I often sit in wonder at how certain people want certain historical people to be one color or the other so they can claim them as their own. I wonder if King Tut's father's remains can be recreated, then, lets see how he looked. So much goes into the kitty in making up a person's features or skin tone, picking one hue over the other has caused a lot  of fighting.

His Mother too maybe then.

This is his Grandmother

Edited by Fula - 10-Jan-2012 at 15:15

Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising I'm getting the idea by what I see, fula, of a possible mix racially, but I could be wrong.

I would have to agree...I Dont think the first pic expresses that very much even the second is a little suspect. What is my point? I think the pictures, reliefs, and sculptures of King Tut are good enough and closer then what we might ever get to see

The Egyptians are known for their precision...temple building, pyramids etc...why should the depictions of themselves be any less

Originally posted by Fula Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising I'm getting the idea by what I see, fula, of a possible mix racially, but I could be wrong. I would have to agree...I Dont think the first pic expresses that very much even the second is a little suspect. What is my point? I think the pictures, reliefs, and sculptures of King Tut are good enough and closer then what we might ever get to see The Egyptians are known for their precision...temple building, pyramids etc...why should the depictions of themselves be any less

Basically I think I would have to agree with you there.

 

Originally posted by Fula The Egyptians are known for their precision...temple building, pyramids etc...why should the depictions of themselves be any less

But also, the Egyptians were known to carve very flattering images of their pharaohs,

always robust and fit no matter their age. In addition, the image of Akenhaten is

very un-Egyptian for the time. The question has always been asked, "Was this what

he really looked like?" and "Did he order his image to be exaggerated?" Being pharaoh

I"m sure he had final approval of the finished product.  

Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising I take it, fula, that the picture about is of his grandmother. I'm thinking a possible Nubian connection, though Maybe I'm presuming a little.