south leith parish church
Scientists reconstruct the faces of two people from Edinburgh who lived 700 years ago
'Forensic artists' in Scotland have reconstructed the faces of two people from Edinburgh who lived around 700 years ago. A two-person team used fragments of skulls taken from the grounds of South Leith Parish Church in the Scottish capital's north. The skull fragments were digitally scanned to create a virtual 3D copy on computer software, which the team used to reconstruct other lost parts of each skull. This skeletal reconstruction allowed the scientists to recreate facial features, like the size and shape of the nose and chin. The facial reconstructions depict a man and a woman, both aged between 35 to 50 years at time of death, possibly as early as the year 1300.
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