Face of mystery medieval knight revealed

What I found the most amazing was that (according to the article) the guy was only in his 20's and had already survived an arrow to the chest, that left the head lodged in there, and an axe blow to the fore head. Dang that's a rough life. I also found it interesting to read that a warhammer will leave neat square holes in a skull.

I've read that boys as young as 10 went to war in those days. If they could lift a weapon, they were sent, so this knight would have been a seasoned veteran.

Wow, that's pretty neat.

cool. i was just about to post this as well. he looks like a guy i used to go to school with. a guy who also happens to look like wayne rooney.

Yup, he does resemble Shrek a bit..

Puts a bit of a face to history.

What I found the most amazing was that (according to the article) the guy was only in his 20's and had already survived an arrow to the chest, that left the head lodged in there, and an axe blow to the fore head. Dang that's a rough life. I also found it interesting to read that a warhammer will leave neat square holes in a skull. Life was hard back then, exceptionally so for fighting men. Most knights started training in childhood and often had seen their first battle as a knight by the age of sixteen. Even before that there were rough trials that could kill or disable them. Especially in Fra... [More]

Analysis of the skeleton, which was unearthed in 1997, reveals that when he died the man was in his 20s, was around 5ft 7in and 'very strong and fit, with the physique of a professional rugby player'. Sounds like my type of man

Is anyone else in the UK?!?!? I totally miss Meet The Ancestors.... that was one cool program for facial reconstruction of previous ancestors which are unearthed..... it is rather neat to find out what our past relatives looked like He must have had a right headache mind

I was going to comment "Hm, he didn't look half bad" but then the pictures of Shrek began appearing and I changed my mind. However, it does look like quite the warrior! Thick head was a requirement back then, I suppose.