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Experts Recreate Face of a Man Who Lived Through the Norman Conquest
Researchers used DNA and bone analysis to show he had continental ancestry, a muscular build and healed fractures, officials said.
- English Heritage and researchers from FaceLab at Liverpool John Moores University have reconstructed the face of a man who lived through the Norman Conquest, uncovering details about his life more than 1,000 years ago.
- Buried in a coffin made from an oak tree felled around 1079, the man was laid to rest at St Peter's Church in Barton-upon-Humber; researchers described him as "stocky and muscular," around 50 to 60 years old.
- DNA analysis suggests the man had substantial ancestry from continental Europe, while three apple wood staffs—held sacred in Scandinavian tradition—were discovered by his side alongside evidence of multiple healed fractures.
- Kevin Booth, English Heritage head curator of collections, has studied the individual for 20 years, noting that visualizing the man helps "understand them as human" rather than subjects of the Battle of Hastings or Bayeux Tapestry.
- On September 20, the public can visit St Peter's Church in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire to view the display, sharing his legacy of survival and adaptation with those interested in the Norman Conquest.
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