how do we actually know what ancient people looked like?

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Like how do artists redraw a major influential character like Aristophanes or Aristotle besides surviving sculpture?

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We don’t, really.

We can make a very educated guess based on what we know about history, anatomy, diet, etc. but anything we don’t know for sure is depicted with a bit (or sometimes a *lot*) of artistic liberty.

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