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Human Remains from the Dawn of History at the Nicholson museum

Using Science to reconstruct the Scythians

Thanks to the advancement of modern science in the 21st century, dating techniques can and have been used on mummies to accurately identify their age and even reconstruct their facial features to give an accurate representation of what a deceased person would have appeared like.
Examples of scientific techniques that have been used on Scythian mummies include:

Dendrochronology - Used to date the Ice Maidens kurgan and coffin
DNA analysis programs - Used to reconstruct the Scythian Chieftains body

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Scythian Male Reconstruction
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Ice Maiden reconstruction
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