Face of 313-year-old ‘witch’ reconstructed
Researchers at the University of Dundee have recreated the face of an 18th-century ‘witch’ who died in jail before she could be burned for her ‘crimes’
Dr Rynn’s stageby- stage 3D virtual sculpture of Lilias Adie, created using photographs of her skull as a basis for the work
Lilias Adie, from Torryburn, Fife, died in 1704 while held in prison for her ‘confessed’crimes of being a witch and having sex with the devil.
BBC Radio Scotland’s Time Travels programme unmasked the woman’s face by working with forensic artist Christopher Ryan at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee.