
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 12, 1991                   TAG: 9104120142
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: YORK, ENGLAND                                LENGTH: Short

SCIENTISTS REBUILD FACE OF ANCIENT NORSEMAN

The face of a Viking dead for a thousand years has been brought back to life with a laser and computer.

The Viking was dubbed Eymund by scientists who reconstructed him.

"This is undoubtedly the closest we have ever come to seeing a Viking face," said Dr. Dominic Tweddle of the York Archeological Trust, who worked on the project.

The ancient skull was rotated in a laser beam, Tweddle said. "The lighting bouncing back from the skull was used to create three-dimensional pictures. We were able to reproduce these on a computer, which had been fed information about muscle groups and other features and was used to reconstruct the face," he said.

The scientists then built a slight, 5-foot-6 body fitting anthropological findings about the Viking build, and added Eymund's head. - Associated Press

by CNB