A Western bio-archaeologist and a Western-trained forensic sculptor have laid to rest the 700-year-old rumour that Scottish warrior-king Robert the Bruce had leprosy. But in the first examination of a skull cast and a foot bone authorized by the Bruce family descendants, Western Prof. Andrew Nelson has determined King Robert did not show the telltale signs of the disease. Now forensic artist Christian Corbet is finishing a new bust of Robert the Bruce, which was unveiled in Scotland in March, 2017
