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Teenage Anglo-Saxon Girl's Face Revealed in England

20 Jun 2023 1:15 PM | Anonymous

I have to love current technology! The face of a girl who died more than 1,300 years ago has been revealed through facial reconstruction.

Her skeleton was found buried on a wooden bed, with a gold and garnet cross on her chest at Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, in 2012.

The image will go on display as part of a Cambridge University exhibition.

Dr Sam Leggett said "as an archaeologist I'm used to faceless people" so it was "really lovely" to see how she may have looked.

You can read more in an article by Katy Prickett published in the BBC web site at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65919518.

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