The face of a man who lived about 600 years ago was restored in Scotland

**PAGANE** · 10-25-2019, 04:01 PM

Scientists recreated the appearance of a man who supposedly lived in the 13th century in Aberdeen (Scotland) During the reconstruction, the researchers found that this person died at the age of 46. his height ranged from 158 to 167 cm. Analysis of the remains also showed that the man suffered from diseases of the joints and teeth. Despite the fact that his remains were found in Aberdeen, the man was from another locality. According to experts, its small homeland could be a mountainous area in the north-west of Scotland or the Outer Hebrides. Scientists will continue to restore the faces of other people whose remains they found in Aberdeen to get a more complete picture of the population of northeastern Scotland of the XIII-XIV centuries, commented Independent archaeologist Paula Millburn.
The found remains belonged to a large medieval burial place, which scientists found in February 2016 during repair work at the Aberdeen Art Gallery. The remains of almost a hundred people were found at the place where the monastery of Dominican monks supposedly stood.