John Prag

John Prag, Keeper of Archaeology at the Manchester Museum and Honourary Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester partnered with Richard Neave the Artist in Medicine and Life Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing at the University of Manchester to create this fascinating book on facial reconstruction of skulls discovered on archaeological digs, police files, and bog bodies. Their reconstructions are amazing.

Fascinating stuff. Made me wish I had a single artistic bone in my body, as this whole reconstruction scene would be a personal ideal career. Alas! Not an artist. This is an immensely readable book about a very learned and interesting subject-the whole story of the reconstruction of what is putatively the face of Philip I of Macedon is exceptional; some of the other stories are a little more sinister.