Real face of mummified warrior revealed at British Museum
Scythian man’s head goes on display along with scan showing his features, including moustache, pierced ear and long scar
The real face concealed by a clay mask on the mummified head of a Scythian warrior has been revealed for the first time in almost 2,000 years. The head is on display in an this week along with the scan, made in a St Petersburg hospital, which reveals that he had fine teeth, a ginger moustache, a pierced ear, a hole in his skull where his brains had been removed, and a savage wound,
