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Gwydion
08-23-2018, 02:03 AM
Facial reconstructions from this website:

http://www.visualforensic.com/index.html

Classify these ancient Gauls...I suppose we don't know for certain what their coloration was, so we could just as well assume these individuals blond. In any case, how would you classify:

1.

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/LGM_UELOC_1.jpg


2.

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/LGM_Ateignos_1.jpg

3.

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/LGM_Catumaros_1.jpg
http://www.visualforensic.com/img/LGM_Catumaros_3.jpg

4.

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/Oxtumeta1.jpg

5.

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/Sextameta1.jpg
Odin
08-24-2018, 04:47 AM
Strong CM.
Gwydion
08-24-2018, 04:38 PM
Do they resemble modern French to any significant degree?
Kamal900
08-24-2018, 04:40 PM
Do they resemble modern French to any significant degree?

They do strongly. The CM and Alpine are strong on these ancient people.
CommonSense
08-24-2018, 04:44 PM
Paleo-Atlantids
Peterski
08-31-2018, 03:07 PM
Weren't they described by Romans as mostly fair-pigmented? These reconstructions "darkified" them.
Vid Flumina
08-31-2018, 03:33 PM
Do they resemble modern French to any significant degree?

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/Sextameta1.jpg

http://img.xooimage.com/files110/9/2/0/claire-531af25.jpg



Weren't they described by Romans as mostly fair-pigmented? These reconstructions "darkified" them.

"The Gauls are tall of body, with rippling muscles, and white of skin, and their hair is blond, and not only naturally so, but they make it their practice to increase the distinguishing color by which nature has given it. For they are always washing their hair in limewater, and they pull it back from their forehead to the top of the head and back to the nape of the neck... Some of them shave their beards, but others let it grow a little; and the nobles shave their cheeks, but they let the mustache grow until it covers the mouth." - Diodorus Siculus
Kelmendasi
08-31-2018, 03:36 PM
Weren't they described by Romans as mostly fair-pigmented? These reconstructions "darkified" them.
I think it's the poor lighting in the images as well, but they do seem to have darker hair colours
Kelmendasi
08-31-2018, 03:39 PM
Another pic:

http://www.visualforensic.com/img/MarsalH1.jpg