Groundbreaking Technology Shows What Historical Figures Really Looked Like

Death Mask

On his last day in office, he was shot in the jaw and later arrested. The next day, Robespierre met the same fate as those he had sent to the guillotine, along with 21 of his most loyal supporters. In 2013, two forensic pathologists used Robspierre's death mask—a la Robespierre's decapitated head—to determine what he actually looked like.

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