Dante
In 2007, researchers from the Universities of Bologna and Pisa recovered the identity of the author of The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri. The portrait is based on detailed descriptions and a plaster cast made by the Italian anthropologist Fabio Frassetto during the last opening of the poet’s tomb in 1921. It was especially difficult to restore the shape of the chin since Dante’s skull jaw was missing and the scientists selected one from the Frassetto collection, having examined 90 skulls from the Museum of Anthropology.
As a result, the youngest Dante proved to be more human and gentle than is shown in the posthumous images created from the memories of his contemporaries. Its characteristic aquiline nose has become noticeably shorter.