This study explores the intricate interplay between semiotics and digital resurrection, shedding light on the evolving nature of faciality and its aesthetics in the digital afterlife. Death, with its rituals, representations, customs, and taboos, has always played a crucial role in the human life cycle. In the contemporary landscape of fast technological advancements, the concept of ‘digital resurrection’ has emerged as a compelling and thought-provoking subject. This paper delves into a comprehensive study of the emerging forms of representing the dead face in the digital afterlife and all the paraphernalia of the reproduction, regeneration, rebirth, and revival of the face. It discusses the implications of digital resurrection and the re-creation and replication of dead persons’ social behavior on our understanding of mortality, memory, and the construction of personal legacies in the digital age. Undoubtedly, this is a burgeoning field of study that is worth exploring. By drawing on the concept of semiotic ‘ostension’ and its cognate terminology such as ‘virtual ostension,’ ‘pseudo-ostension,’ and ‘deferred ostension,’ this inquiry aims to examine whether ostension is a viable concept applicable to cases such as deepfakes that use AI tools to re-enact a deceased person’s likeness and behavior and recreate a digital mimesis of it. In order to unravel this problem, the paper offers a theoretical framework for understanding the semiotic dimensions of digital resurrection shedding light on the interconnection between types of ostension and forms of digital replicas of posthumous personae.