The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424)
The present study aims to approximate the face from the alleged skull of Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424), a military commander and national hero in the Czech Republic. Found in 1910, the skull has only a fraction of its original structure, which required an initial effort to reconstruct the missing reg...
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| author | Cicero Moraes Johari Yap Abdullah Jiri Šindelář Matěj Šindelář Zuzana Thomová Jakub Smrčka Mauro Vaccarezza Thiago Beaini Francesco Maria Galassi |
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| description | The present study aims to approximate the face from the alleged skull of Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424), a military commander and national hero in the Czech Republic. Found in 1910, the skull has only a fraction of its original structure, which required an initial effort to reconstruct the missing regions from data collected in CT scans of living people’s heads. The forensic facial approximation consisted of projecting the skin boundaries with soft tissue markers and cross-referencing data from statistical projections from CT scans of living people and the use of the anatomical deformation technique, where the digital head of a virtual donor was adjusted until it matched the alleged skull of the Czech general. The final face was the result of the cross-referencing of all data and the completion of the structure respected the iconography attributed to Jan Žižka. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c018fb1f5ab74182bad154ce3ad0dc1b2025-01-24T13:34:17ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082024-12-0181710.3390/heritage8010007The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424)Cicero Moraes0Johari Yap Abdullah1Jiri Šindelář2Matěj Šindelář3Zuzana Thomová4Jakub Smrčka5Mauro Vaccarezza6Thiago Beaini7Francesco Maria Galassi8Ortogonline Treinamento em Desenvolvimento Profissional e Consultoria Ltda, Sinop 78557-682, MT, BrazilCraniofacial Imaging Laboratory, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kota Bharu 16150, Kelantan, MalaysiaGEO-CZ, 391 43 Tábor, Czech RepublicGEO-CZ, 391 43 Tábor, Czech RepublicSouth Bohemian Museum, 370 51 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicHussite Museum, 390 01 Tábor, Czech RepublicDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Prevention, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, ItalyFaculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia 38408-100, MG, BrazilDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237 Łódź, PolandThe present study aims to approximate the face from the alleged skull of Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424), a military commander and national hero in the Czech Republic. Found in 1910, the skull has only a fraction of its original structure, which required an initial effort to reconstruct the missing regions from data collected in CT scans of living people’s heads. The forensic facial approximation consisted of projecting the skin boundaries with soft tissue markers and cross-referencing data from statistical projections from CT scans of living people and the use of the anatomical deformation technique, where the digital head of a virtual donor was adjusted until it matched the alleged skull of the Czech general. The final face was the result of the cross-referencing of all data and the completion of the structure respected the iconography attributed to Jan Žižka.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/8/1/7anatomyanthropologyartificial intelligencedigitalfacial approximationJan Žižka |
| spellingShingle | Cicero Moraes Johari Yap Abdullah Jiri Šindelář Matěj Šindelář Zuzana Thomová Jakub Smrčka Mauro Vaccarezza Thiago Beaini Francesco Maria Galassi The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424) Heritage anatomy anthropology artificial intelligence digital facial approximation Jan Žižka |
| title | The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424) |
| title_full | The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424) |
| title_fullStr | The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424) |
| title_short | The Facial Approximation of the Skull Attributed to Jan Žižka (ca. AD 1360–1424) |
| title_sort | facial approximation of the skull attributed to jan zizka ca ad 1360 1424 |
| topic | anatomy anthropology artificial intelligence digital facial approximation Jan Žižka |
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