Ever since we were kids we were listening about mighty rulers who conquered the world and lived before us. But, any time we would reach for school books to see how they looked like, we would get … well, nothing! Instead of a clear face photo, we only had a sculpture or something that looks like a human.

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Luckily, that’s ancient history. Thanks to forensic anthropologists, facial reconstruction, 3-D printing, and CT scans we finally know how Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and many others looked like. So, let’s look at historical figures in their eyes. Finally.