Face of tattooed mummified princess finally revealed after 2,500 years

Face of the Siberian princess revealed: Taxidermist uses mummified remains to build bust of 2,500-year-old ice maiden Princess was preserved in ice in an elaborate grave in Altai Mountains Taxidermist used her remains to reconstruct a bust of the mummy He built replica facial muscles, tissue and skin using 3D model of her skull It is covered in silicone and rubber-resin with 100,000 strands of hair It took Marcel Nyffenegger two weeks to complete the reconstruction Remains suggest princess had breast cancer for five years in her twenties Her cause of death, however, may have been from an injury from a fall Read more: #ixzz3QEs0w54L