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The faces of two 9th century Great Moravian nobles have been newly reconstructed in extraordinary detail. 

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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...

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 Spytihněvs 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 ide...

Scientists have reconstructed the faces Přemyslid royals Spytihněv I, founder of Prague Castle, and Vratislav I, father of Czech patron saint “good king Wenceslas”.