Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.As visitors explore the recently opened Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Scotland, they come face-to-face with the past.Lifelike digital facial reconstructions of people who lived across the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland centuries ago blink and change their expressions as museumgoers pass by.The reconstructions, which combine art, anthropology, technology and archaeology, are on permanent display at the museum, which opened on March 30.The reconstructions are based on skulls found across Scotland, including a woman from the Bronze Age who lived about 4,000 years ago, an Iron Age man from AD 500 and men and women who lived during Scotland’s medieval period in the 14th and 15th centuries, such as a young male murder victim.Skulls were used to digitally reconstruct the faces of an Iron Age man (left), a woman from the Bronze Age and a young male murder victim from the medieval period. – Perth Museum, Culture Perth & Kinross/Chris RynnThe museum collaborated with Dr. Chris Rynn, a craniofacial anthropologist and forensic artist, as well as University of Aberdeen researchers to study the ancient remains and bring them back to life in a unique way that can connect local visitors more deeply with their heritage, said Mark Hall, collections officer at Perth Museum and Art Gallery.Visitors can see every step of the process of making the facial reconstructions, from viewing the skulls on display to using accessible screens that show how anthropologists reassemble skulls, create digital models and arrive at the final product.Museumgoers will be able to digitally build the facial models themselves and see the results, even having the ability to tweak hair and eye color for some recreations.“I’ve been working with Perth Museum on seven skulls,” Rynn said, “making forensic facial reconstructions of each to be turned into these interactive touch-screen displays so that visitors …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.As visitors explore the recently opened Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Scotland, they come face-to-face with the past.Lifelike digital facial reconstructions of people who lived across the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland centuries ago blink and change their expressions as museumgoers pass by.The reconstructions, which combine art, anthropology, technology and archaeology, are on permanent display at the museum, which opened on March 30.The reconstructions are based on skulls found across Scotland, including a woman from the Bronze Age who lived about 4,000 years ago, an Iron Age man from AD 500 and men and women who lived during Scotland’s medieval period in the 14th and 15th centuries, such as a young male murder victim.Skulls were used to digitally reconstruct the faces of an Iron Age man (left), a woman from the Bronze Age and a young male murder victim from the medieval period. – Perth Museum, Culture Perth & Kinross/Chris RynnThe museum collaborated with Dr. Chris Rynn, a craniofacial anthropologist and forensic artist, as well as University of Aberdeen researchers to study the ancient remains and bring them back to life in a unique way that can connect local visitors more deeply with their heritage, said Mark Hall, collections officer at Perth Museum and Art Gallery.Visitors can see every step of the process of making the facial reconstructions, from viewing the skulls on display to using accessible screens that show how anthropologists reassemble skulls, create digital models and arrive at the final product.Museumgoers will be able to digitally build the facial models themselves and see the results, even having the ability to tweak hair and eye color for some recreations.“I’ve been working with Perth Museum on seven skulls,” Rynn said, “making forensic facial reconstructions of each to be turned into these interactive touch-screen displays so that visitors …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
