1842 - Darmstadt, Germany: a death mask was found in a ragpicker's shop in Darmstadt, that is 99.9% certain to be that of  William Shakespeare's. The mask, bearing the date of 1616 (Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616) , features the writer's high forehead, prominent nose and beard. Engineers at Konica Minolta Europe scanned the death mask with lasers to construct a 3D computer model. After superimposing the model with the death mask, perfect matches were revealed between forehead, eyes…
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