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Face of Medieval Duke Who Ruled the Czech Dynasty Was Rebuilt

Face of Medieval Duke Who Ruled the Czech Dynasty Was Rebuilt 2 minute read Facial recognition software has helped recreate the faces of Czech royals who died more than a thousand years ago. Researchers used radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis to identify the remains of Duke Spytihněv I and his brother, Vratislav, who died within a few years of each other in the early 10th century. The team scanned the dukes’ skulls in minute details and incorporated information about their diet, health, and mobility to render their three-dimensional likenesses. Read More: A digital result was created of each man, showing each with blue eyes and reddish-brown hair – all of which were determined through DNA analysis.

Faces of medieval dukes who ruled the Czech dynasty some 1,700 years ago are reconstructed

Share Ruling from 894 AD until his death in 915 AD, Spytihněv I founded Prague Castle and formed important alliances to fend off invasion by the Magyars of Hungary.     Vratislav I, his younger brother, took over after Spytihněv s death and was also the father of King Wenceslas, the patron saint of the Czech state. Anthropologist Emanuel Vlček first uncovered their remains at Prague Castle in the 1980s, but improved radiocarbon dating now allows researchers to get much more specific in identifying individuals.  The team used DNA analysis to determine both Duke Vratislav I (pictured) and his borther had reddish hair and blue eyes

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