Making Faces. Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence.

256pp, index, bibliography, bw photos & drawings. As new. Or brown cloth in jacket. The story of pioneering work in facial reconstruction for ancient peoples. Archaeologist Prag and medical artist Neave, give first-hand accounts of the search for evidence to recreate a likeness and explain the historical circumstances surrounding each body. Their subjects include a Minoan priest and priestess crushed in an earthquake while performing a human sacrifice; Lindow Man, the Iron Age body found in a peat bog near Manchester; King Midas of Phrygia who was reputed to have asses ears; and King Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. In some cases these facial reconstructions have helped to solve problems that have long vexed scholars, opening up whole new vistas of the past. Size: Large 8vo.