Nefrina's World

This is the actual original sculpture of Nefrina by forensic artist Frank Bender.

The work on display at the Reading Public Museum is a plaster cast made from this original clay sculpture.

Left: A skull with tissue thickness markers applied is ready for forensic facial reconstruction. Right: Frank Bender in the process of sculpting Nefrina's facial contours.

Photos courtesy Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium.