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Date: May 19, 2010

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The battle-scarred face of a medieval knight who was killed some 700 years ago has been revealed with the help of forensic skills employed in popular TV shows such as CSI. The skeleton of the warrior, who was killed at the time of Scotland's Wars of Independence with England, was discovered under the floor of a chapel at Stirling Castle. Now a team at Dundee University, led by world-renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black, have revealed what he would have looked like. 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'. Experts also found he suffered several serious wounds in earlier fights, including an arrowhead lodged in his chest and a dent in the front of his skull from an axe blow, before he was killed by a blow from a sword which went through his nose and jaw. The researchers believe that he was lying on the ground when he was struck. Dr Richard Strachan, senior archaeologist at Historic Scotland, said: 'Professor Black and her team have done a great job in finding out more about two of the skeletons. 'The facial reconstruction of the knight gives a powerful impression of what a warrior who died in the 1300s may have looked like. 'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.' Read more at http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/mystery-medieval-knight.html __________________ Webmaster (http://theunexplainedmysteries.com)

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