A forensic artist has given a 500-year-old Inca “ice maiden” a face

Enlarge / The final approximation of the Incan girl dubbed “Juanita” wearing clothing similar to what she was wearing when she died. Dagmara Socha There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that fell through the cracks in 2023, each day from December 25 through January 5. Today: Swedish forensic artist Oscar Nilsson combined CT scans of frozen mummified remains with skull measurements and DNA analysis to reconstruct the face of a 500-year-old Inca girl.