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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

We are here at the Royal Museum (The Beaney) in Canterbury today! Come see us in the learning zone upstairs, we have prepared a few activities for you to find out more about facial depictions.

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Dr. Jessica Liu @jessiliu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Really great to be part of this sold out evening with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social in Leeds. thackraymuseum.co.uk/event/bts/ We ran a @facelabljmu.bsky.social stall and spoke to so many visitors. Thank you for inviting us @thomasdumoncel.bsky.social @mrk87.bsky.social

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Today we are at the King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester together with the Voice for Richard team, premiering the avatar of RIII speaking his own prayer, you will be able to watch this performance at the visitor centre.

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Face Lab: Pioneering craniofacial analysis in the forensic and digital heritage field, combining interdisciplinary education, research and knowledge exchange at the interface of art and science with a focus on individual and population facial identity, depiction and identification.

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LJMU's Face Lab wins prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

His Majesty The King has approved the award of the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education to 19 higher and further education institutions across the United Kingdom. The Prize-winners were announced at a reception at St James’s Palace in London.

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LJMU's Face Lab awarded highest education honour

Face Lab wins Queens Award for Education

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Join us at the King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester (or online) this Saturday 29th Nov at 2pm GMT where we will reveal a new facial avatar of King Richard III that will speak his personal prayer. A permanent exhibition of the recital will follow. Book tickets now!👇🏼 kriii.com/what-s-on/20...

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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!

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Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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?...

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Digital avatar of King Richard III

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Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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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Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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! 💀

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Join us tonight in Chester to hear more about our research!

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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...

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Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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...

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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

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Dr. Jessica Liu @jessiliu.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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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Dr. Jessica Liu @jessiliu.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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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Liverpool John Moores University @ljmuofficial.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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.

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Dr. Jessica Liu @jessiliu.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Great day at Maidstone Museum with @mrk87.bsky.social doing some public engagement showcasing the process of facial depictions from skulls.

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

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

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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!

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

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.

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Maternity cover Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026) jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/gran...

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Grant Manager (0.4fte) Fixed term for 6 months (5026)

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

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

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Robert Burns animated poetry recital

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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

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.

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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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Face Lab LJMU @facelabljmu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🚨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...

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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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Liverpool John Moores University @ljmuofficial.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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...

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LJMU: Our 12 Highlights of 2024!

2024, University, Corporate, Marketing, Research, Key Messaging, Reputation

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Mark 💀👨🏻‍🎨 @mrk87.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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...

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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.

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