Published on
15/07/2026 - 13:23 GMT+2
A peasant girl, a soldier and a slave who lived nearly 2,000 years ago have been given new faces - and imagined stories - in a fascinating new exhibition in Budapest.
At the Aquincum Museum, Roman-era skulls discovered at the ancient city of Aquincum have been transformed into lifelike facial reconstructions, offering visitors a glimpse of the people who once lived on the empire’s distant frontier.
The exhibition, titled “Once we were like you”, utilised archaeology, anthropology, genetics and historical imagination in the hopes of reconnecting modern audiences with those whose remains have survived for almost two millennia.
