tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post8696163614643194734..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Face to Face With the PastLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-52150181275595919462013-11-22T20:27:34.006+00:002013-11-22T20:27:34.006+00:00I wish I had been there with you, Louise, it sound...I wish I had been there with you, Louise, it sounds like a wonderfully fascinating day! I love to see reconstructions of faces from the past - it makes you shiver :-)<br />Christina Courtenayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647397808446248913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-90169889570292882662013-11-19T15:43:55.919+00:002013-11-19T15:43:55.919+00:00It really is spooky watching the face develop from...It really is spooky watching the face develop from the skull outwards. One minute it loks like something from a horror film, the next you are looking at a real person.<br />Philip was particularly interesting because the damage to the skull was one of the ways they were able to identify the burial - it matched the ancient text's description of the accident, which he survived, amazingly.Louise Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-33045759407879490622013-11-19T14:27:57.944+00:002013-11-19T14:27:57.944+00:00I saw a TV programme years ago about reconstructin...I saw a TV programme years ago about reconstructing Philip of Macedon's face. At the end they had a life-size head complete with dark hair in a style to match contemporary artworks. It was incredibly realistic and I have never forgotten it. Gail Mallinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-16462960736384011602013-11-19T10:45:56.585+00:002013-11-19T10:45:56.585+00:00How absolutely fascinating, Louise. I know John Pr...How absolutely fascinating, Louise. I know John Prag. He was the guide lecturer on a wonderful archaeological tour of the Aegean coast of Turkey I went on in 2011 starting at Istanbul and taking in Troy, Ephesus, Pergamon, etc., and ending up in Halicarnassus. <br /><br />He was excellent company and very knowledgable. I can see that reconstructing ancient faces would be right up his street! <br /><br />And I agree that one of the fascinations of the Regency period for us novelists, is trying to reconstruct the past. Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.com