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Amazing first ever look at Robert the Bruce's face - created 700 years after his death

• http://www.mirror.co.uk, BySteve White

Scientists and historians have created the first image of Scottish warlord Robert the Bruce 700 years after his death,

One image depicts the hero king in his prime, a large and powerful male head with a muscular neck and stocky frame.

This was a privileged individual who enjoyed the benefits of a first-class diet, and whose physique would have equipped him for the brutal demands of medieval warfare.

The second image reveals likely signs of leprosy, disfiguring the upper jaw and nose.

Robert Bruce was Scottish king from 1306 until his death in 1329 aged around 55.

Constantly at war against his enemies both at home and the English regime culminating in the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, he also campaigned in northern England and Ireland.


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