Tut’s head was scanned in 0.62-millimeter (0.02-inch) "slices" to register its intricate structures.

Hundreds of 3-D images were used by by French forensic anthropologist Jean-Noël Vignal of the Centre Technique de la Gendarmerie Nationale, Paris, to make a "skull map."

Vignal, who works daily with police officials to reconstruct deceased crime victims, determined basic measurements and features of Tut’s face, including the position of Tut's mouth, size range of the nose, and thickness of the skin.

Read the story about the reconstruction.