3D imaging reveals the face of a female Peruvian ruler 1,700 years after her elaborately tattooed body was wrapped in 20 layers of fabric and buried with a treasure trove of gold The Lady of the Cao was found in Peru in 2005 buried with weapons and gold Her arms and legs were covered with tattoos of snakes and spiders Scientists have now recreated her face using digital forensics technology The aristocrat first had her picture taken with a handheld laser scanner Researchers then used her skull to reconstruct her face into a full-scale model
Mena: Beautiful computer 3D reconstruction of 1700 years old of the Moche Peruvian Queen or High Priestess Lady Cao. She is a beautiful queen with accurate dark brown skin. Her skin could have also been Black. She have an East Asian phenotype similar to today Native inhabitant of Bolivia and Peru. Lady Cao crown have a picture of a Black man head as the Sun or the Black Egyptian and Sumerian God Bes look alike.
the name Cao looks like a Chinese or Vietnamese word. Lady Cao mummy remind me of the 2000 years old well preserve Chinese mummy Lady Dai
A glimpse of the former Peruvian priestess, the Lady of Cao, can now be seen in a replica of her face (pictured) unveiled by culture officials and archaeologists in Lima, Peru, on Monday
THE LADY OF THE CAO The Lady of Cao is a name given to a female Moche mummy discovered in El Brujo, Peru, in 2005. The richness of the burial site, as well as the presence of weapons, suggested she may been a high ranking priestess or even a Moche ruler. The discovery of the Lady of Cao's mummified remains shattered the belief that the ancient Moche society, which occupied the Chicama Valley from about 100 to 700 AD, was patriarchal. Several Moche female mummies have been found since in graves with objects denoting a high political and religious standing. Archaeologists believe the Lady of Cao died due to complications of childbirth but otherwise lived a healthy life. Her arms and legs were covered with tattoos of snakes, spiders and other supernatural motifs. Discovered near her funerary bundle was a strangled adolescent, who might have been a sacrifice to guide her into the afterlife.
Using different software, the team then placed 'tissue-depth markers' on the skull - another common forensics technique - and added tissues to the model based on average facial structures worked out from other Peruvian mummies. Pictured is the final reconstructed head
The discovery of the Lady of Cao's mummified remains in 2005 shattered the belief that the ancient Moche society, which occupied the Chicama Valley from about 100 to 700 AD, was patriarchal
The aristocrat first had her pictures taken with a state-of-the-art, handheld laser scanner used in forensic investigations. The scanned data (pictured) was then entered into a computer, which digitally stripped away her facial skin to reveal her skull bones
The Lady of Cao is a reminder of the complex societies that thrived in what is now Peru long before the Inca empire dominated the Andes or Europeans arrived in the Americas
The Moche - the ancient Peruvian society the Lady of Cao may have ruled - built irrigation canals to grow crops in the desert and were known for their ceramics and goldwork that have been looted from their gravesites
The Lady of Cao is a name given to a female Moche mummy discovered in El Brujo, Peru, in 2005
The Peruvian mummy's arms and legs were covered with tattoos of snakes, spiders and other supernatural motifs
he best mummy ever: The 2,000-year-old preserved body of the Lady of Dai still has her own hair and soft skin Body of Xin Zhui, who died more than 2,000 years ago was found intact Also called Lady of Dai, she is considered the best preserved mummy ever The body still has soft skin, all her own hair and eyelashes and bendy limbs A musical about her life with her husband the Marquis of Dai has opened in China
The body of Xin Zhui, the wife of the Marquis of Dai, which is considered the best preserved mummy ever
A recreation of what the Lady of Dai might have looked like before her death at he age of 50 from heart disease
EXCLUSIVE: Face of Lord of Sipán, the mysterious Moche warrior-priest, is brought back to life with a reconstruction of his 2,000-year-old skull Moche mummy was first discovered in 1987 by Dr Walter Alva inHuaca Rajada, near Sipán in Peru Forensic dentist and 3D computer graphics expert have recreated face of centuries-old Lord of Sipán Skull was painstakingly recreated from 96 fragments to show what the royal ruler would have looked like Permission was finally granted for the ancient skull to be removed from its glass covered tomb
Brazilian scientists have revealed what Lord of Sipán - the royal ruler of the mysterious Moche civilisation - would have looked like if he had been alive today. Pictured is the 3D virtual facial reconstruction showing the skull how it was found (left), the skull reassembled (centre) and the digital reconstruciton of the face (right)
The Lord of Sipan's remains are kept under protective glass at the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum (left). The realistic face of the Lord of Sipán is finally revealed dressed in his royal finery (right)
The Lord of Sipán's remains were found at Huaca Rajada near Sipán in what is now Peru in 1979
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Probably a fake as moche art doesn't reflect people that look like the reconstruction.
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