Reconstructed face of Roman crucifixion victimImpossible Factual/BBC
Posted on 01/25/2024 9:04:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The skeleton of a man was discovered with a nail through his heel in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, in 2017...
The reconstruction of the man's face was revealed in a BBC Four programme, which explored details of his life.
Prior to the Fenstanton discovery, the only other Roman crucified remains discovered had been in Israel, according to Ms Duhig, an osteologist from the university's Wolfson College.
Other injuries were found, suggesting the man had suffered before he died, and his legs had signs of infection or inflammation caused by either a systemic disorder or by being bound or shackled.
Analysis of the remains revealed he spent his whole life in the Cambridgeshire area, and most likely had brown hair and eyes...
Ms Duhig said: "He was tortured yet given over to his population to have an absolutely normal burial." ...
The settlement was discovered by Bedford-based Albion Archaeology, which began its excavation in 2017 ahead of a planned housing development.
Archaeologists found five 3rd and 4th Century cemeteries where 40 adults and five children were buried, some from the same families.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Reconstructed face of Roman crucifixion victimImpossible Factual/BBC
wrong link
Dangit.
The correct link is hiding in the image, apparently I zigged when I should have zagged!
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67943596
He is quite clearly an ancestor of mine. The Romans owe me reparations.
I thought Fedstanton was the victim’s name.
“Ms Duhig said: “This man had such a particularly awful end that it feels as though by seeing his face you can give more respect to him.”
I agree.
It’s friggin’ Ringo
That’s who I immediately thought of as soon as I saw the pic.
Ringo
It also suggested he was a manual worker, possibly working on processing bone marrow for candles or soaps from the many animal bones found on the site.
Not sure how you make THAT leap, particularly. If true, he pissed some one off massively.
That was my first thought!.....................
He looks like he’s could be from the middle east.
It’s true, it don’t come easy.
Ms Duhig said: “He was tortured yet given over to his population to have an absolutely normal burial.” ..
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And they haven’t found Jesus’s body/skeleton have they?
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