What Robert Burns Really Looked Like
Scotland’s national poet is still celebrated worldwide today. Researchers decided to make a facial reconstruction of what the famous man would look like had he been alive in this era. We think it’s pretty spot on!
What A Medieval Maiden From Edinburgh Really Looked Like
Forensic experts found a group of over 400 medieval men, women, and children at the South Leith Parish Church burial ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. The bodies were all excavated in 2009 during preparation for the country’s new train system. This medieval woman was found in a communal grave, but the cause of her death, and if it was connected to those buried with her, is unclear. Scientists’ best guess is that it was the plague or some other infectious disease that did her in.