Man who lived through Norman conquest gets a face

Nearly a thousand years after his death, archaeologists in England reconstructed the face of a man they call “The Conquest Man.” He lived for thirteen years after the Norman conquest of England. Analysis of his remains revealed details about his life, suggesting the period and its people were more complex than previously understood.

Researchers used skeletal remains to create a facial approximation.

This discovery offers new insight into the lives of people living during a time of major historical change in England.