In my sketch of the face of the mummy of "Unknown Man C", I employed my usual method of tracing over the photo of the mummy and using my experience in restoring the withered features to their original dimensions as much as is possible to do. I usually do not age the subject very much as the face of a mummy is always wrinkled and one cannot know how many of the lines are post-mortem. Also, I use an "ideal-weight-amount" criterion for adding fat to the face, as that also cannot be ascertained from the desiccated remains. Since the jaw of the deceased always drops and takes on a different "line", one has to endeavor to raise it to a reasonable degree. Even in death, the well-preserved face of "Unknown Man C" evidences striking looks and that is certainly borne out by the reconstruction. However, it is clear, from observing other examples, that during the period of the 18th Dynasty the embalmers did not know how to preserve noses as successfully as in subsequent eras.
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