Hooligan
Posted on 05/20/2010 4:52:50 AM PDT by Beowulf9
FACE OF STERLING CASTLE WARRIOR RECONSTRUCTED
The skeleton of the knight was discovered during refurbishment work A reconstruction has revealed the face of a medieval knight whose skeleton was discovered at Stirling Castle. Experts are now attempting to discover the identity of the warrior, who is likely to have been killed in the 13th or 14th Century.
The skeleton is one of 10 excavated from the site of a lost royal chapel at the castle. The skeleton of a woman was found near the knight.
Forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black is leading the investigation.
It is believed the knight could have been killed during Scotland's Wars of Independence with England. Techniques have advanced a long way and we can now tell much more about where people came from, their lifestyles and causes of death Dr Jo Buckberry University of Bradford.
The castle changed hands several times and scientific tests have been used to work out whether the knight might have been a Scot, an Englishman or even French.
Efforts by Prof Black, of Dundee University, to find out more about the warrior's life and death will be featured in BBC Two's History Cold Case series on Thursday.
Richard Strachan, senior archaeologist with Historic Scotland, said the facial reconstruction gives a "powerful impression" of what the knight may have looked like.
"He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback," he said.
'Unusual' group Historic Scotland, which cares for the castle, has announced it is commissioning further research to find out more about the 10 skeletons, which include two infants.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Biological anthropologist Dr Jo Buckberry, of the University of Bradford, is part of the team which will carry out the research.
She said: "Techniques have advanced a long way since the skeletons were discovered in 1997 and we can now tell much more about where people came from, their lifestyles and causes of death.
"This group is highly unusual, because of where and when the people were buried, suggesting that they might have been socially important and have died during extreme events such as sieges."
The facial reconstruction and other research results, will feature in a permanent exhibition due to open at Stirling Castle next spring. History Cold Case -
Stirling Man is being shown on BBC2 Scotland at 2100 BST on Thursday.
knight seen in light of a new day...ping
the good knight did not go gently ....
Dylan Thomas ping.
Hooligan
Hey, thanks. That was cool. I don’t know how to post pics. He’s right handsome, but I wonder if he would’nt have had long hair.
My guess is plague victims, since the group included women and infants........................
It’s Woody Harrelson!
They can’t do hair with skull measurements.
This is fascinating stuff. A face from 700 years ago.
He does look stoned...
Considering the diet at the time, I think they added some 21st century poundage on that knight.
He looks like a typical hooligan attending a Manchester United match. Talk about a closed gene pool!
Not guilty. rofl
He looks like a Scot IMO. Very high cheek bones.
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He’s not one of ours...to ugly. (We’re a handsome clan)
Gosh, he looks like my son!!!!
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