The Lord Of Sipan
The discovery of the Lord of Sipan was the first in a sequence of Moche mummy discoveries. He was discovered in 1987 by archaeologists in Peru. It was a game-changing finding. Along with his body, they uncovered a wealth of treasures. What methods did they employ in order to bring this historical figure to life? Let’s have a look and see what we can.
The Lord Of Sipan
What The Lord Of Sipan Really Looked Like
When the pressure of the silt shattered the skull of one of the mummies while they were unearthing them, the forensic team was presented with a difficult predicament. Thank god for modern technology, which enabled the ship’s whole 96 components to be rebuilt. The bones in his cranium were rearranged using photogrammetry. The image below was created by the Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Odontology Teams in Brazil.
What The Lord Of Sipan Really Looked Like
