What did the Barnum Museum Mummy look like alive?

This two-minute video titled “Face to Face: Forensic Facial Reconstruction of the Barnum Museum’s Mummy“ presents highlights of a project in which the likeness of the Museum’s Egyptian mummy was brought to life through a clay sculpture. Forensic imaging specialist Larry N. “Joe“ Mullins created the clay bust using a 3-D print of the mummified woman’s skull as the base and then layering facial muscles, skin, and hair in plasticine. The project took place in March 2019 at the New York Academy of Art, as part of a week-long course taught by Mr. Mullins. Firelight Media, LLC of Trumbull, Connecticut, filmed the workshop and created this short video as a prelude to a larger video project that incorporates additional footage from Egyptologists and paleo-radiology experts. There are no captions, as the film does not include dialogue. A grant from Connecticut Humanities provided a substantial portion of the project funding. Undertaking this project presented an extraordinary opp