Brighton Museum's New Archeology Gallery Reconstructs Faces of Ancient Britons From South Coast
Forensic artist and sculptor, Oscar Nilsson, and the museum's senior keeper of collections, Richard Le Saux, have worked painstakingly for 14 months to not only bring the people back to life but also to tell their stories.
Patcham Woman - 210AD
A nail was embdedded into the back of her skull and Richard says she was impaled either just before or just after death.
Around this time there was concern that the body or spirit could rise after death and corpses were imapled with nails to fix the body into the grave.
There were further nails scattered in her grave, mainly by her knees, and she was found buried toe to toe with a man.
Whitehawk woman - lived 5,650 years ago
Her bones were found in 1933 in what now makes up part of Brighton race course.
She was a small and slender woman with dark skin and eyes.
Experts believe she was between 19 and 25-years-old when she passed away.
Tragically, the bones of a baby were found in her pelvis, indicating she died in childbirth, and was buried with good luck charms in her own grave.
Ditchling Road man - lived 4,287 years ago
This Bronze Age man is believed to be from the Beaker people, who died when he was between 25 and 35.
Life was tough for this chap. When he was aged between six and nine he suffered extreme malnutrition.
This meant he was gaunt and slightly shorter than average at just 5ft 6ins.
DNA results also show he had lost some teeth and was suffering from extreme tooth decay.
Neanderthal Woman
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