We are accustomed to others of their images.
We know these names and even seemed to imagine, looked like these people. Meanwhile scientists examining the remains, presumably belonging to these personalities, meticulously and carefully recreate the real face of the legendary figures of the past.
We found 10 reconstructions, where they both live. And now, looking at those faces, you know: the Pharaoh is not so majestic for big title was hiding the weak, the sick man, the great Shakespeare somehow like sad Jakubowicz and Nefertiti angelina Jolie.
Tutankhamun
The Pharaoh who ruled Egypt in 1332-1323 years BC. Scientists believe that Tutankhamun suffered from genetic diseases, and malaria, which may have caused his early death: Pharaoh died at the age of 19 years.
Nefertiti
In 2003, the KV35YL mummy was identified as Nefertiti — “main wife” Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten XVIII dynasty. Then we made a reconstruction of her face.
Dante Alighieri
The appearance of the great Italian poet of the XIII–XIV centuries, Dante Alighieri reconstructed by Italian scientists in 2007.
William Shakespeare
Reconstruction of the face of William Shakespeare made from the death mask of the English poet and playwright.
The Apostle Paul
Saint Paul lived in 5-67 years BC. In 2009, for the first time in history scientific study was conducted sarcophagus located under the altar of the Roman Church of San Paolo-Fuori-Le-Mura. The remains found there that supposedly belonged to Paul.
Saint Nicholas
In Christianity, Nicholas of Myra is revered as a miracle worker and is the patron Saint of sailors, merchants and children.
Henry IV
Perhaps such was Henry IV (Henry of Navarre) king of France, the leader of the Huguenots, slain by a fanatic Catholic in 1610. Reconstruction carried out in 2010 by a group of scientists led by Philippe Charlier.
King Richard III
The appearance of the king reconstructed from the remains discovered in the autumn of 2012 under a car Park in Leicester.
Johann Sebastian Bach
The face of the great German composer, who lived in the XVIII century, was reconstructed in 2008, the Scottish anthropologist Caroline Wilkinson.
Nicolaus Copernicus
The remains of the Creator medieval heliocentric world picture of Nicolaus Copernicus was discovered in the Cathedral of Frombork (modern Poland) in 2005. The computer facial reconstruction done in Warsaw, Central forensic science laboratory.
