Scientists reveal what Saint Wenceslas may have looked like

Photo: International scientific team/Heritage

Saint Wenceslas, the Czech patron saint, was a key figure in the early history of the Czech lands. Now, more than a thousand years after his death, an international team of scientists has recreated what the Christian martyr may have looked like, using a skull believed to be his and state-of-the-art technology.

The international team, led by Brazilian forensic facial reconstruction expert Cicero Moraes, based their work on a digital scan of a skull held in the St.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková