The book presents data from: the discovery of the graves, the restoration and conservation of the bones; their medical-anthropological and pathological-anatomical examination; the anthropological plastic reconstructions of the head based on the skull. The established facts are compared with historical information, mainly about the health and physical appearance of prominent figures of the Bulgarian National Revival: Master Kolyu Ficheto, Racho Kazandzhiyata, Captain Grandfather Nikola, Georgi S. Rakovski, Father Matey Preobrazhenski, L. Karavelov, Dimitar Tsenovich, Bacho Kiro, Petar Genchev, Stefan Karadzha, Stoil Voyvoda, Nikola Voyvodov, Tsanko Dyustabanov, Zahari Stoyanov, Raina Knyaginya, the rebels of Hadji Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha, the rebels from the Dryanovo Monastery, and Botev's rebels from the Rashov Dol area near the village of Lyuti Brod.