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July 23, 2016

Scientists bring saints back to life using latest imaging technology

The skulls of, left to right, St. Martin de Porres, St. Rosa of Lima and St. John Macias were taken under high security and scanned as part of a 3-D project in Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian scientists are using 3-D printing technology to reconstruct the faces of Roman Catholic saints and other holy people, producing life-size busts of what they actually looked like hundreds of years after they died.

Published in International