Do we know the heights of ancient people from excavations?

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For example, Charlemagne, Timor, Philip II, etc.

CommodoreCoCo

Where full remains are present, yes we do. The size of a person's bones don't change once buried, so if they're all there, we can have an accurate height. It's also possible to estimate height from other bones, almost always the femur, when a complete skeleton is unavailable. However, the height->femur formula can vary between groups. To get a good guess, one must have a large sample of remains and develop a ratio for that population specifically.