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A computer generated image shows a reconstruction of the head of French King Henri IV (1553-1610) made after a panel of forensic scientists identified the skull of the king who was murdered at the age of 57 on May 14, 1610, by a fanatic.
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The mummified head of French King Henri IV.
Scientists revealed the reconstructed head of French King Henri IV (1553-1610) during a press conference in Paris on Tuesday. This reconstruction was made three years after a panel of forensic scientists identified the skull of the king, who was murdered by a fanatic, at the age of 57 on May 14, 1610.
Scientists headed by France's Philippe Charlier found a common genetic profile between the mummified head of Henri IV and dried blood from his descendant, Louis XVI.
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The skull of French King Henri IV and, at right, its reconstruction, appear on a screen during a press conference in Paris on Feb. 12.
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Science is just amazing! Nice to meet you Henri.
The more I look, the more I realize that he looks like Robin Williams.
My thoughts too... Robin Williams. Hellooooooooo
:)
The guy is thinking; "I've been dead five hundred years...I'm cranky. The best you guys could do is this $hit eating grin and this ugly freaking mustache.
He looks like the "Most interesting man in the world". Dos Equis anyone?
I have to agree. Stay thirsty my friends.
He looks a lot like Robin Williams
He looks more like Robin Williams
It's hard to imagine that a king (read that an ego maniac at least) didn't have a portrait or 50 laying around to reflect his real image. Have the French looked in their attics? I'm sure they had paint and artists back then!! That would have taken Robin Williams off the hook. Would have been a lot cheaper than "reconstruction" by computer too.
IS that Robin Williams?!?!?!
my exact thoughts
Who in blazes is Robin Williams? Oh, some goofy actor....