Scientists “Resurrected” A 16-Year-Old Korean Girl After She Was Buried Alive
Scientists in South Korea “resurrected” a teenager.
Using modern technology, archaeologists were able to digitalize how a servant girl looked 1,500 years ago. The model is a five-foot tall, 16-year girl who worked with a powerful family in the sixth century Gaya Kingdom (42-562).
The model was created based on one of four excavated remains that were unearthed in 2006. Sculptor-anatomy specialist Kim Byung Ha and costume firm CELL spearheaded the project.
The teenager was found to have had a short jawbone, a rather wide face, and had a long neck. Her waistline was determined to be 21.5 inches and all this was reflected in their image.
The director of the Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage told reporters in 2009 that it was “the first time” they were able to complete such a task. It was monumental achievement in the science side of South Korea.
We have excavated human bones on many occasions but it is the first time we created a full-scale model.
— Kang Soon Hyung, Director of the Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage
Researchers believe the teenager met a grisly death, being buried alongside the family she served.
