What did a medieval Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains.
The study, published this week in
The 19th-century restoration
The central portal, as visible today, bears the imprint of the restoration begun in 1843 under by Lassus and Violet-le-Duc and carried out by sculptor Geoffroy de Chaume. The slight difference in coloration of the stones that were added makes their r