1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGeorge Dvorskyhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/georgedvorsky-usa/The Haunting Face Of A Man Who Lived 700 Years Agorich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="W3PPMzPdPA"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/03/the-haunting-face-of-a-man-who-lived-700-years-ago/">The Haunting Face Of A Man Who Lived 700 Years Ago</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/03/the-haunting-face-of-a-man-who-lived-700-years-ago/embed/#?secret=W3PPMzPdPA" width="600" height="338" title="“The Haunting Face Of A Man Who Lived 700 Years Ago” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="W3PPMzPdPA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/21/i9bfa2b7jbm0ljcppfab.jpg?quality=75970546This may look like a photograph, but the highly realistic face staring back at you belongs to a man who died over 700 years ago. The researchers who performed this unbelievable facial reconstruction say their work is providing new details about the way ordinary people lived in medieval England.