A killer himself, Caravaggio died at 38 – desperate, disfigured and on the run from the Knights of St John. His greatest works – with which he bargained for his life – cast light on one of art’s darkest mysteries
Archaeologists used a battered skull, found in the crypt of a Medieval Italian church, to reconstruct a brutal scene that took place more than 800 years ago.
A battered skull discovered in the crypt of a mediaeval Italian church was used by archaeologists to reenact a horrifying incident that happened more than 800 years ago.Four significant lesions in the.