The making of Calpeia. Forensic facial reconstruction of a Neolithic woman who lived in Gibraltar around 5.400 BC. Visit her at The GIbraltar National Museum. www.gibmuseum.gi
This has become a worry, my dead body being dug up 10 thousand years from now to be reconstructed. No one would be able to get my hair and makeup done correctly.
Whenever I see these amazing reconstruction videos, I always wonder what hopes and dreams, if that person loved and lost and if they had been loved, if they were a good person or a bad. Every person has a story... It's sad that almost every story is lost to the sands of time.
Amanda Quezada , I was thinking the same thing, we will never know this woman in person but we will know a glimpse of what she was like, and that she lived, and I’m glad about that.
@@gillesderais2457 You really have no idea what this woman's life was like. You think or assume that because she lived thousands of years ago her life was automatically rough??? 1st, she lived in a literal paradise. Gibraltar was and is still located in a mild climate year round. The region was long inhabited, for thousands of years, since Neanderthal in fact, and that's for good reason. There was plenty of food, sea food, meat, grains, etc thanks to the mild Mediterranean climate. She may have been highly skilled and therefore respected. Her facial bones are intact, she at least had no facial injuries. Extended families cared for each from birth to death. There was no pollution then, unless a volcano blew, food and water were fresh clean and healthy. The people then had far better dentition than we do because they ate good healthy foods. Between her people's lives and our extremely overcrowded, polluted, stressful, unequal society full of insane weapons, crazy leaders who put us all on the brink of nuclear wars, our 6th mass extinction, rare fresh clean water, dying oceans etc, that young woman's world is to be envied. I would trade places with her in an instant.
@@abelis644 yes , I really do , look at some documentarys about that period , read some books , and then comment . Back then they didn't had commoditys such as machinerys , they wold need to do everything with crafting which made them more predisposed to accidents or attacks ,the life expectancy was something around 45 if not 40 most of skeletons back then have sevear damages on their ankles which means they worked most of the time and a lot of fractures on their bones . Also a lot of skulls have holes , as a way they thought they wold treat head aches or other illnesses and you say life back then was good ! Bruhhh
I think this is my favourite part of history and archeology. Seeing these ancient things and people being restored and come back to life in a way, showing us a lot more of the world They lived in!
I'm 62 & I recal one of the pioneers of this craft who worked for the police but I can't recal the state in the USA he worked in but he helped to identify remains of skeletons found and given to him to work on and police advertised his result in a paper asking if anyone recognised her and family identified and put a name to a member of their family who'd been missing. Audiences felt he had almost a magical power but he felt in his view it was scientific because the skull dictated the end result. And watching this it still feels awe inspiring and impressive to me. Brilliant work.
Don't you just admire these extremely patient and talented artists!!! Every person always wants to know what they really looked like in every minute detail, Thank You, Sir!!
Seeing this long-departed young woman come to life like that was just magical! The artist was so careful with every detail and took the time to make sure that everything was done precisely. A+ to him and this video; it was amazing!
I've seen facial reconstructions done before, but this takes it to the next level! This truly looks life-like! Compliments to the artist. He truly has immortalized this woman.
Wow, what an amazing and incredible reconstruction! Magnificent work of art all stemming from just a piece of an old skull. I love how these facial reconstructions; they give us a glimpse of how our ancestors looked like thousands of years ago 🤤. Thank you for the video. 👍☺
Wow!! So talented! I couldn’t help but feel melancholic , imagining about how her life was, the things she experienced in a world that is still a complete mystery to us.
now that is artistry. I am humbled and awed by the abilities of some of the sculptors and 3-D artists. I only wish I could create a womans 7000 year old face. Humanity is so talented.
An amazing life like creation of a beautiful ancient woman. l instantly warmed to her big eyes that stared back at me with naive wonder, and her sweet motherly smile. Stunning. What a talent, yes l applaud the master Artist. Dianah Chorlton
So, you think our educational system can teach everything ever discovered/known by grade 12? And it’s the teachers fault that lazy ass students sleep through their classes? Probably you, too. That’s what HIGHER EDUCATION Is for. Seriously? 🙄. No, I’m not a teacher.
Superb reconstruction. You have put life into the face again. Many others look the same, blank poses and similar features, but yours is second to none. 👏
Wow what a lot of work went into this reconstructed head. Beautiful result. She looks so realistic. Very impressive. Thank you for letting us see this work of art.
Fantastic, we have the technology and experience to bring the past to life how exciting is that! The guy doing the reconstruction is a genius, I wish I was as talented as him.
Great job..I love it...tremendous reconstruction, giving life to a Figure with a broken head bone Really amazing to know who was This person face for decades past By...thanks
Incredible. Going by this rendering, which I know takes some artistic license, she was actually quite pretty. If you dressed her in modern clothes and put her in the grocery store, I don't think any of us would think she looked unusual.
What was so great, apart from everything about this work, was the care the artist took. He handled each part as if she was his daughter. Lovely to see in these stressful times.
Our ancestors were brave people, exploring and surviving their environment and its hazards they paved the way for the development of our modern culture. And they were beautiful people.
Where the HELL was this vid when I was searching for something other than the “makeup guru drama” claptrap that was filling my feed to overflowing? I’m looking at YOU RU-vid algorithm!!! I might be female but I don’t even bloody WEAR makeup! THIS is the content I want to see damnit!!! Not overly made up shysters clawing each other’s eyes out.
Manual Jaen is an extremely talented man. So many different skills to create this reconstruction. I though they were done by many different people, slightly stunned that just one person did all of that.
@@harryhagan5937 Yeah, I thought it was great - for me it struck the right emotional tone for the subject matter - which is revealing the face of a young woman who lived so many thousand years ago - so far away but now so close via the reconstruction.
@@MrVolvobloke I found out (via the comments) that the soundtrack was composed by the man who carried out the facial reconstruction - Manuel Jaen - what a talented guy!
Amazing. I wonder, have these experts/artists ever reconstructed a face of someone who is alive or we know what they look like i.e. a blind test? This would give an indication to how accurate the end result actually is.
If you're interested in how they do this, there's a fairly extensive literature on how forensics artists do this to solve crimes. You can see how the wood pegs were used to mark out the tissue depths on various structures of the face. These are based on averages from real people. The hair and eye color I'm assuming are inferred from the genetics of the people of the early neolithic farmers that came out of Anatolia (modern day Turkey) and effectively replaced the old European hunter-gatherers who had lived their prior (like the famous Cheddar man from England, who wasn't nearly as dark as the famous reconstruction of him implied). In any case, there is a huge amount of this that simply comes down to the artist's ability to recreate a natural-looking face.
Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Bring me to life
Suparna her skin is likely much clearer than it would’ve been in reality. Also she lived and died in a time when people worked hard in the sun day everyday, I would bet she was far more withered and sun worn in reality.
@@deanfirnatine7814 Indo-Germanics. Ondoeuropean is complete wrong. The bounds are only until the Germans, not to all Europe's. People say it wrong because they are afraid to sound right winged. It would be interesting to learn how the old Germans thousands of years ago could have been Nazis ( by the way, the Germans of today aren't, too, and not all from the 193üs have been). Anywaay: The right word is Indo-Germanics. The folks in the west of the Germans have nothing to do with Indo-Germanics .
Why? Look very closely at the up close work, and you see mottled skin from natural exposure, and unplucked eyebrows. Also, other than that, why would a Neolithic Mediterranean "youngish " woman look "rougher" than that?
Amazing work... She is beautiful. If she could see herself now after 5,400 years. Wowzers I love this reconstruction of very old ancestors from a round the globe..
@Wet Mustard Firstly because the Earth is less than 6500 years old....before you scoff I hold a double masters.....and with all that education I now deem to be " Programming", I now see the real evidence that the "Programmers", find inconvenient and would like to dismiss. There is absolutely no evidence for an Earth older than this....and plenty of evidence for the Biblical account !
@Wet Mustard It is a very technical field.....and the point of which lends to my intelligence. To discount it the way you did....well that means you're not interested in pulling back the curtain on the scam being perpetrated in our schools today
@Wet Mustard the only delusion here comes from the blind..... You don't have to believe in God.... It makes l no difference . You're going to face some and you'll have nothing left but his judgment which will be harsh..... And unending, an eternity. You're the fool my friend
@Wet Mustard you think you're so smart that you're so blind. And I don't even think you're that smart, not even in worldly terms. If you were you'd know that almost everything you've been taught as complete conjecture
