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Manuel Jaén

A hyperrealistic silicon model was created from a mold and painted. Jaén ensured her skin showed signs of ageing and weathering, typical of the time.

After DNA analysis established the nature of Calpeia’s soft tissue and muscles, the conservators sculpted clay to re-create her facial traits.

Using the proportions of the cranium, Manuel Jaén, conservator at the Gibraltar National Museum, re-created the woman’s missing jaw. The researchers now had a 3D impression of a complete skull.

3D cloning and restitution techniques allowed computers to fill in the missing and damaged portions of Calpeia’s skull.

A neolithic vessel of the type used in Gibraltar during Calpeia's time.

Human skull found in a cave at Europa Point, Gibraltar, in 1996.