Here comes the real Santa Claus! Remarkable new high-tech images reveal the face of the real-life bishop who inspired the concept of Santa Claus — more than 1,700 years after he first made ...

Researchers have used forensic methods to produce images of the man who Santa Claus is based on. Saint Nicholas of Myra lived over 1,700 years ago. According to accounts of his life, he was very ...

Scientists Rebuild The Face Of Santa Claus After 1,700 Years. Scientists have revealed the face of Saint Nicholas for the first time in 1,700 years through a skull reconstruction. Renowned for his ...

"This story in particular, it really kind of humanised him for me and made him a far more interesting character than I think he's normally portrayed," says University of Winchester's Brian Thornton.