Ivan the Terrible back from dead

TYRANT'S FACE REBUILT

- MICHAEL HAVIS

BOFFINS have rebuilt the face of Russia’s cruellest tyrant – Ivan the Terrible – 440 years after his death.

The digital reconstruction of the first Russian tsar’s face was made from his skull and a combination of methods including using data from living donors.

Ivan died in 1584 and his grave was dug up in 1963 by scientist Mikhail Gerasimov.