Medieval snapshot / Part 3

Medieval snapshot / Part 3

Dailymail:

Face of mystery medieval knight finally revealed with modern-day CSI skills

This is a reconstruction of the knight's face. Forensic experts believe the scar on his forehead would have been caused by an blow from an axe. His skeleton was found under the floor of a chapel at Stirling Castle.

The facial reconstruction was completed using forensic techniques familiar to followers of TV crime dramas including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, pictured.

The University of Bradford's Dr Jo Buckberry examines a female skeleton which was found alongside that of the knight underneath the castle chapel

"The battle-scarred face of a medieval knight who was killed some 700 years ago has been revealed with the help of forensic skills employed in popular TV shows such as CSI.

The skeleton of the warrior, who was killed at the time of Scotland's Wars of Independence with England, was discovered under the floor of a chapel at Stirling Castle.

Now a team at Dundee University, led by world-renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black, have revealed what he would have looked like..."

Read more: dailymail.co.uk

3D TODAY   # blast from the past

• Part 1   Blast from the past: Remote  ancestors and faces in 3D
• Part 2   Forward to the Past
• Part 3   Medieval snapshot 
• Part 4   More ancestors than we thought!
• Part 5   A Blast from the Past: Collection | Part 5
• Part 6   Blast from the Past 6 | When life was in B&W