I really don't understand how 'scientists' can reconstruct what a human nose looked like. Isn't the nose composed mostly of cartilage and flesh? I have never seen a skull ( I've been to the killing fields in Kampuchia) that ever had anything except a hole where the nose was. How do they really know if Dante's nose had a hook on it?
2007-01-11 19:07:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You must go to Ravenna Dante's Tomb.
And misure it.
2007-01-14 01:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070111/sc_nm/italy_dante_dc
Reconstruction artists Francesco and Gabriele Mallegni from Pisa University used computer technology and forensic techniques to simulate muscle with plaster, plastic and other material.
They added wrinkles, eyebrows and even a real burgundy coloured Renaissance-style head covering.
2007-01-13 16:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by Ry126 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋