(Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores via SWNS)
Scientists have unveiled a facial reconstruction of a mystery man who lived through the Norman Conquest following groundbreaking research on his 1,000-year-old skeleton.
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(Dominic Lipinski/English Heritage via SWNS)
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(Dominic Lipinski/English Heritage via SWNS)
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