Napoleon soldier gets digital reconstruction

[Eldorado]

In a battle against Russia more than 200 years ago, a French soldier in Napoleon's Grande Armée was slashed in the face with a saber. He died a few weeks later, his body laid to rest in a mass burial pit in what was then Königsberg, East Prussia.

Now, scientists have uncovered the soldier's remains, and with cutting-edge technology, they have created a digital reconstruction of his face, according to a new study.

Article at Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/64589-french-soldier-napoleon-war-digital-face.html

Daily Mail pics and video: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6644123/Digital-reconstruction-reveals-face-French-Soldier-slashed-Russian-battle.html

[Kittens Are Jerks]

It's one thing to see skeletal remains, another to see a facial reconstruction. It really highlights the individual and human component and it's always interesting to see what the people of a certain period might have looked like.

[+susieice]

The color of his eyes and his hair are based on the appearance of most French people at the time. I would think hair style and facial hair would be based on the same thing. A DNA study would tell much more of his actual coloring. Still, it is amazing how scientists today can re-construct the skull and give us a good idea of what this person may have looked like. It puts a face to the story.