A student has revealed the face of a female druid from the Iron Age in a 3D wax reconstruction.
Karen Fleming from Dundee University has recreated the head of a woman believed to have been from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis.
The woman, nicknamed Hilda, is thought to have been more than 60 when she died and is depicted as having no teeth, which Karen said “isn’t too surprising considering the diet of folk back then”.
Karen, a mature student from Edinburgh, added: “A female’s life expectancy at this time was roughly 31 years but it is now thought that living longer during the Iron Age is indicative of a privileged background.
“Assuming information in a journal from 1833 is correct, Hilda passed away any time between 55BC to 400AD and was of Celtic origin.”
Hilda’s face was based on an ancient skull held at Edinburgh University Anatomical Museum.
She will go on display at this year’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design masters show, which begins tomorrow.
