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Computer ‘reconstructions’ of faces from ancient times are popular. But how reliable are they?

  • Written by Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne
Computer ‘reconstructions’ of faces from ancient times are popular. But how reliable are they?macondo/Shutterstock

When we read about the lives of people from the ancient past, we naturally want to know what they looked like.

But how do we find this out?

In recent years, computer-assisted reconstructions of the faces of famous figures from the Greco-Roman world have become popular.

In 2020, for example, a digital artist went viral for using...

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