Witness History - Facial reconstruction: From mummy to murder
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In 1975, British forensic artist Richard Neave used a pile of modelling clay, two prosthetic eyes and a woman’s wig to reconstruct the face of an Egyptian mummy.
It was to be the start of a 40-year career recreating the faces of the dead using the pioneering ‘Manchester technique’ that he invented.
And as his reputation spread worldwide, the police came calling. They needed Richard’s skills to help catch a killer, as he told Jane Wilkinson.
(Photo: Richard Neave in 2012. Credit: Bethany Clarke/Getty Images)
Published on Tuesday, 6th June 2023.
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