The Knight in the Scottish Castle

[nightdog_barks]

Okay, no more spam after this. But this is so cool --

Forensic anthropologists potentially identify 14th-century warrior buried in Stirling Castle. Lots of fascinating information, including a facial reconstruction. On the other hand, there's this:

However the identity of the woman buried next to him will probably never be known as women were not deemed important enough for their deaths to be recorded.

Comments

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

This is hardly spam. It's a fascinating piece of news and the reconstruction is mesmerizing. He would have been quite a large man for his time, too...

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

I thought the description of being built like a rugby player really helped with the visual image.

And no artistic typing! Your keyboard must have dried out! :-D

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

My keyboard is shiny and new and I am $50 poorer, not counting the gas to go to the next nearest center to fetch it. :D

It's as well, I am not cut out to be an /Artist/.

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

That was a fascinating article (and picture). Thanks for posting the link!

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome! I find this kind of stuff so interesting ...