“Archaeologists Reconstruct Face of Medieval Man Who Died 700 Years Ago”

I found his face arresting.  This could have been somebody I might meet on the street today.  I think it’s helpful to realize that pre-modern people were very much like us.  They were — they are — our brothers and sisters:

http://www.livescience.com/58380-archaeologists-reconstruct-medieval-man-face.html

Curiously, this article caused me to think of the great work of the redemption of the dead.  This was a man, like all of his contemporaries, for whom Christ died.  Not merely an abstraction, but a real person, with loves, hopes, fears, and enormous value.