Archaeologists from the British museum have reconstructed an ancient man's face, allowing visitors to see what he looked like for the first time.
Archaeologists from the British museum have reconstructed an ancient man's face, allowing visitors to see what he looked like for the first time.
The man lived 9,500 years ago in the holy city of Jericho, now found in the Palestinian territories near the West Bank.
The man lived 9,500 years ago in the holy city of Jericho, now found in the Palestinian territories near the West Bank.
The 'Jericho skull' was found by British archaeologists in 1953, but until now nobody knew what the he had looked like.
The 'Jericho skull' was found by British archaeologists in 1953, but until now nobody knew what the he had looked like.
Scientists still don't know the man's true identity, but they speculate that he was once someone of great importance.
This is based on the amount of care people had taken to fill his skull with plaster once he had died, almost 10,000 years ago.
Back then, plastered skulls were a form of ritual burial, like the Egyptians' infamous mummification burials.
Back then, plastered skulls were a form of ritual burial, like the Egyptians' infamous mummification burials.
They could see he had suffered a broken nose at some point in his life. He had also undergone head-binding, a traditional practice in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally, usually by forcefully distorting a child's skull.
They could see he had suffered a broken nose at some point in his life. He had also undergone head-binding, a traditional practice in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally, usually by forcefully distorting a child's skull.
