The Actual Look Of These Historical Figures Might Shock You

Published on 01/20/2020
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A Face to the Music Legend

Johann Sebastian Bach was buried in an unmarked grave (a legend almost lost to history). Still, thanks to the expert researching skills of Dundee University’s Dr. Caroline Wilkinson, there is now a face to the musician we heard so much about. She managed to use a cast, which is said to be Bach’s skull, as the base for her technological scans.

A Face To The Music Legend

A Face To The Music Legend

It all began about 150 years after Bach’s burial that local religionists realized that the Church he was buried in needed repairs. They seized the opportunity, and a grave believed to be his was revealed and the particulars handed to Dr. Wilkinson for her recreation project.

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