Independent craniofacial anthropologist Chris Rynn created lifelike facial reconstructions of four individuals who lived in the region. (Perth Museum / Culture Perth and Kinross / Chris Rynn, 2024)

See the Faces of Four Scots Across Thousands of Years of History, Brought to Life Using A.I.

The Perth Museum in Scotland is unveiling digital reconstructions of men and women who lived in the region from the Bronze Age through the 16th century

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On this day in 1957, 520 copies of Allen Ginsberg's Beat poetry collection Howl were confiscated by U.S. Customs agents who deemed the work obscene. The title poem begins, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked."

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Historic House in Unga Village, Unga Island, Aleutians, Alaska

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