Face Lab LJMU
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
An @LJMU_FORRI research group completing forensic/archaeological research & consultancy work including craniofacial analysis & facial depiction #artscience
https://linktr.ee/FaceLabLJMU
https://linktr.ee/FaceLabLJMU
Chaired by artist Anna Dumitriu, Liverpool-based artist Gina Czarnecki and
Our Director Caroline Wilkinson is speaking at the British Science Festival @thebluecoat.bsky.social on the topic “Deepfakes, identity, and bioethics”. Check out more events throughout the week!
Our Director Caroline Wilkinson is speaking at the British Science Festival @thebluecoat.bsky.social on the topic “Deepfakes, identity, and bioethics”. Check out more events throughout the week!
September 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Chaired by artist Anna Dumitriu, Liverpool-based artist Gina Czarnecki and
Our Director Caroline Wilkinson is speaking at the British Science Festival @thebluecoat.bsky.social on the topic “Deepfakes, identity, and bioethics”. Check out more events throughout the week!
Our Director Caroline Wilkinson is speaking at the British Science Festival @thebluecoat.bsky.social on the topic “Deepfakes, identity, and bioethics”. Check out more events throughout the week!
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Yesterday evening @facelabljmu.bsky.social brought to us the digital avatar of King Richard III delivering an address
detailing the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of #Chester youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY?...
detailing the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of #Chester youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY?...
Digital avatar of King Richard III
YouTube video by Face Lab LJMU
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September 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Yesterday evening @facelabljmu.bsky.social brought to us the digital avatar of King Richard III delivering an address
detailing the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of #Chester youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY?...
detailing the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of #Chester youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY?...
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This evening we had the great pleasure of hosting @mrk87.bsky.social and @jessiliu.bsky.social from @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They showed us how to go from a skull to a digital avatar 💀 🫅. Thanks for coming along and the audience who joined us 🤩
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This evening we had the great pleasure of hosting @mrk87.bsky.social and @jessiliu.bsky.social from @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They showed us how to go from a skull to a digital avatar 💀 🫅. Thanks for coming along and the audience who joined us 🤩
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We haven't even started yet, but we know it's going to be good.
The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀
The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We haven't even started yet, but we know it's going to be good.
The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀
The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀
Join us tonight in Chester to hear more about our research!
Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
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September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join us tonight in Chester to hear more about our research!
Scientists have been able to sequence the oldest complete genome from an ancient Egyptian man’s skeleton from Egypt's Old Kingdom period—offering the chance for Face Lab to reconstruct his face and reveal new insights into the era.
Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Scientists have been able to sequence the oldest complete genome from an ancient Egyptian man’s skeleton from Egypt's Old Kingdom period—offering the chance for Face Lab to reconstruct his face and reveal new insights into the era.
Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
September 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
Looking to do a PhD with Face Lab X Computing @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social?
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looking to do a PhD with Face Lab X Computing @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social?
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project Title: Prediction of the missing mandible from the cranium
Deadline: 1st Nov, 2025.
Interview date: the 25th Nov, 2025.
Application link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Take a look at some of the latest work of our next speakers @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They will be joining us on Tuesday 9th September at the usual time in the usual place @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Face Lab expertise 'demasks the dead'
LJMU Face Lab's latest project ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.
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August 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Take a look at some of the latest work of our next speakers @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They will be joining us on Tuesday 9th September at the usual time in the usual place @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Viv is a second year PhD @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @facelabljmu.bsky.social presenting some results from her fieldwork from Bolivia. Their project aims to produce representation of ancient Bolivian faces, through participatory co-design, involving local communities in the decision making process.
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Viv is a second year PhD @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @facelabljmu.bsky.social presenting some results from her fieldwork from Bolivia. Their project aims to produce representation of ancient Bolivian faces, through participatory co-design, involving local communities in the decision making process.
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Our PhD student Viviana Conti will be presenting her project “Integrating participatory praxis for ethical museum dissemination of ancient human remains: The case of the Bolivian National Museum of Archaeology - Munarq Mummy Collection.” www.eurac.edu/en/institute...
August 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Our PhD student Viviana Conti will be presenting her project “Integrating participatory praxis for ethical museum dissemination of ancient human remains: The case of the Bolivian National Museum of Archaeology - Munarq Mummy Collection.” www.eurac.edu/en/institute...
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The latest project from LJMU's Face Lab ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The latest project from LJMU's Face Lab ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
➡️https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2025/8/13/demasking-the-dead
Colombia masked skulls:
Facial representation of an indigenous population from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, Cal 1216-1797 AD. Presented by @jessiliu.bsky.social at the World Mummy Congress in Cuzco, Peru this week.
Facial representation of an indigenous population from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, Cal 1216-1797 AD. Presented by @jessiliu.bsky.social at the World Mummy Congress in Cuzco, Peru this week.
August 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Colombia masked skulls:
Facial representation of an indigenous population from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, Cal 1216-1797 AD. Presented by @jessiliu.bsky.social at the World Mummy Congress in Cuzco, Peru this week.
Facial representation of an indigenous population from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, Cal 1216-1797 AD. Presented by @jessiliu.bsky.social at the World Mummy Congress in Cuzco, Peru this week.
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Great day at Maidstone Museum with @mrk87.bsky.social doing some public engagement showcasing the process of facial depictions from skulls.
August 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Great day at Maidstone Museum with @mrk87.bsky.social doing some public engagement showcasing the process of facial depictions from skulls.
Last year we worked with Maidstone Museum to produce facial depiction of a Medieval individual whose skull is displayed in their new ‘Lives in Our Landscape’ gallery. Read more: the-past.com/review/museu...
#facialdepiction #facialreconstruction #archaeology #maidstone #history #medieval
#facialdepiction #facialreconstruction #archaeology #maidstone #history #medieval
August 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Last year we worked with Maidstone Museum to produce facial depiction of a Medieval individual whose skull is displayed in their new ‘Lives in Our Landscape’ gallery. Read more: the-past.com/review/museu...
#facialdepiction #facialreconstruction #archaeology #maidstone #history #medieval
#facialdepiction #facialreconstruction #archaeology #maidstone #history #medieval
As part of the Festival of Archaeology, we are at Maidstone Museums between 10am - 3pm tomorrow (2nd August, 2025). Come find out more about the two facial depictions we made for the museum!
August 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As part of the Festival of Archaeology, we are at Maidstone Museums between 10am - 3pm tomorrow (2nd August, 2025). Come find out more about the two facial depictions we made for the museum!
Our facial reconstruction of 4,000-year-old Rathlin Man revealed for the first time on RTÉ’s documentary series From That Small Island – The Story of the Irish.
June 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Our facial reconstruction of 4,000-year-old Rathlin Man revealed for the first time on RTÉ’s documentary series From That Small Island – The Story of the Irish.
Face Lab is on tour! We will be in Helsingborg, Sweden Dunkers kulturhus between 16-17 May 2025 in the exhibition "About Helsingborg". We will be talking about the facial depiction of Peter Karlsson. Please do come see us if you are around. dunkerskulturhus.se/event/lar-di...
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Face Lab is on tour! We will be in Helsingborg, Sweden Dunkers kulturhus between 16-17 May 2025 in the exhibition "About Helsingborg". We will be talking about the facial depiction of Peter Karlsson. Please do come see us if you are around. dunkerskulturhus.se/event/lar-di...
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Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
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Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
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Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
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April 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Maternity cover
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...
Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...
BBC article on the COST MDVI network. Find out more here: migrant-dvi.eu
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Liverpool: Team reconstructs faces to put names to the dead
Researchers at LJMU use new techniques to identify people who have died on migrations across Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
BBC article on the COST MDVI network. Find out more here: migrant-dvi.eu
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy Burns Night All! Watch our animated facial depiction of Robert Burns reading the poem ‘To A Mouse’ on YouTube youtu.be/qkr0po3rhec and read more about the project here www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
Robert Burns animated poetry recital
YouTube video by Liverpool John Moores University
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January 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Happy Burns Night All! Watch our animated facial depiction of Robert Burns reading the poem ‘To A Mouse’ on YouTube youtu.be/qkr0po3rhec and read more about the project here www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
#BurnsNight2025 #BurnsNight
The Face Lab team have produced a facial depiction of a medieval King from Portugal, and he was revealed on January 07, 2025 in the Monastery of Saint Dinis and Saint Bernard in Odivelas, Portugal, to commemorate the 700th anniversary of his death.
Ministério da Justiça - XXIV Governo on LinkedIn: #inmlcf | 10 comments
O INMLCF - Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses conseguiu determinar, com precisão, algumas características do rosto do Rei D. Dinis, 700… | 10 comments on LinkedIn
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January 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Face Lab team have produced a facial depiction of a medieval King from Portugal, and he was revealed on January 07, 2025 in the Monastery of Saint Dinis and Saint Bernard in Odivelas, Portugal, to commemorate the 700th anniversary of his death.
🚨New publication🚨“Digital Immortality in Palaeoanthropology & Archaeology: The Rise of the Postmortem Avatar”
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
Digital Immortality in Palaeoanthropology and Archaeology: The Rise of the Postmortem Avatar
It has been proposed that we are entering the age of postmortalism, where digital immortality is a credible option. The desire to overcome death has occupied humanity for centuries, and even though bi...
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December 19, 2024 at 9:22 AM
🚨New publication🚨“Digital Immortality in Palaeoanthropology & Archaeology: The Rise of the Postmortem Avatar”
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
Read in Heritage journal’s special issue ‘Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology & Paleopathology’ 👉🏼 doi.org/10.3390/heri...
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As our teaching comes to an end for the semester and we head towards the end of 2024, we’re reflecting on some of our highlights of the year.
Read more about this year's highlights at LJMU➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Read more about this year's highlights at LJMU➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
LJMU: Our 12 Highlights of 2024!
2024, University, Corporate, Marketing, Research, Key Messaging, Reputation
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December 16, 2024 at 10:07 AM
As our teaching comes to an end for the semester and we head towards the end of 2024, we’re reflecting on some of our highlights of the year.
Read more about this year's highlights at LJMU➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Read more about this year's highlights at LJMU➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Yesterday we revealed our speaking avatar of King Richard III at York Theatre Royal. The culmination of a 10 year journey to give the facial reconstruction from his skeletal remains a voice.
Read more on Sky News & watch the full speech on YouTube youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
news.sky.com/video/scient...
Read more on Sky News & watch the full speech on YouTube youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
news.sky.com/video/scient...
Scientists reveal recreated voice of King Richard III
Scientists have spent 10 years recreating the voice of King Richard III and are showcasing the findings today. The recreation suggests the monarch had a northern accent.
news.sky.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Yesterday we revealed our speaking avatar of King Richard III at York Theatre Royal. The culmination of a 10 year journey to give the facial reconstruction from his skeletal remains a voice.
Read more on Sky News & watch the full speech on YouTube youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
news.sky.com/video/scient...
Read more on Sky News & watch the full speech on YouTube youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
news.sky.com/video/scient...