ank ham un , ▁using ▁a ▁CT - scan ▁of ▁the ▁sk ull . ▁Bi ological ▁anth rop ologist ▁Susan ▁Anton , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁team , ▁said ▁the ▁race ▁of ▁the ▁sk ull ▁was ▁" hard ▁to ▁call ". ▁She ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁c ran ial ▁cav ity ▁indicated ▁an ▁African , ▁while ▁the ▁nose ▁opening ▁suggested ▁narrow ▁nost r ils , ▁which ▁is ▁usually ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁European ▁characteristic . ▁The ▁sk ull ▁was ▁thus ▁concluded ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁North ▁African . ▁Other ▁exper ts ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁neither ▁sk ull ▁shapes ▁nor ▁nas al ▁open ings ▁are ▁a ▁reliable ▁indic ation ▁of ▁race . ▁ ▁Although ▁modern ▁technology ▁can ▁re construct ▁T ut ank ham un ' s ▁fa cial ▁structure ▁with ▁a ▁high ▁degree ▁of ▁accuracy , ▁based ▁on ▁CT ▁data ▁from ▁his ▁m ummy , ▁determ ining ▁his ▁skin ▁tone ▁and ▁eye ▁color ▁is ▁impossible . ▁The ▁cl ay ▁model ▁was ▁therefore ▁given ▁a ▁color ing , ▁which , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁artist , ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁" aver age ▁sh ade ▁of ▁modern ▁Egypt ians ". ▁ ▁Terry ▁Gar cia , ▁National ▁Ge ograph ics ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁for ▁mission ▁programs , ▁said , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁those ▁protest ing ▁against ▁the ▁T ut ank ham un ▁reconst ruction : ▁" The ▁big ▁variable ▁is ▁skin ▁tone . ▁North ▁Afr icans , ▁we ▁know ▁today , ▁had ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁skin ▁t ones , ▁from ▁light