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Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a member of the ancient Nabataean civilisation which flourished in the southern Levant and the northern regions of present-day Saudi Arabia. The reconstructed face belonged to a woman known as "Hinat" whose remains were found in a monumental tomb and is thought to have died around the 1st Century BC. Hinat is displayed at Hegra Welcome Centre, some 15 years after Hegra was inscribed as the first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dr Helen McGauran, project lead for the Nabataean Facial Reconstruction Project, told 麻豆社 Newsday why there was a need to recreate her face. "Hinat was chosen for this facial reconstruction project partly because of her comparatively good state of preservation, but also because we were very interested in shining a light on the Nabataean civilisation which is... relatively unknown to us... to bring the story of Nabataean life in a tangible way. She was probably middle-aged and one of the wealthier individuals in Nabataean society... so we present her as very dignified." (Pic: Reconstructed face of an ancient woman known as 'Hinat'. Credit: Reuters)
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