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In the Press: How Sorbonne University Researchers Reconstructed the Face of a Napoleonic Soldier

Watch Radio France International's video report, direct from our labs.

A multidisciplinary research team from Sorbonne University has digitally resconstructed the face of a young Napoleonic soldier who died in March 1806. In RFI's video report, Remi Gaillard from the Sorbonne University Library, and Sorbonne University researcher Chloé Guennou, explain the significance of the 220-year old skull, and how they digitally brought it back to digital life.

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