- The Meroë Head must have been created soon after. Uniquely among Augustus’s bronze portraits, it preserves inlaid eyes that vividly capture his powerful gaze.
- The Meroë head, bronze portrait of the Roman emperor Augustus. Is the only one known to have survived with its original inlaid eyes.
- Ancient bronze head of Augustus Caesar excavated from Meroe Nubia in 1911 by Professor Garstang of Liverpool University.
- meroe head, roma imparatoru augustus'ın meroe antik kentinde bulunan büstünün ismidir. zamanında günümüz sudan sınırlarında egemenlik kurmuş kuş kra.
- Also known as. English. Meroë Head. 27–25 BC bronze statue of Roman Emperor Augustus. ... Bronze head of Augustus (British Museum).
- The Meroë head, a larger-than-lifesize bronze head of Augustus, found in the ancient Nubian site Meroë in modern Sudan...
- From British Museum, Egypt, The Meroë Head of Augustus (c. 27 BC -25 BC), Bronze head from an over-life-sized statue of Augustus.
- Caesar here refers to the Roman title for emperor and it was thought that the Meroë Head may have once belonged to one of the statues plundered during these...
- The Meroë head’s story, however, does not end there. The Kushites act of defiance perfectly preserved the head until its excavation in Sudan, 1910.
- Whether it is an item with inexplicable origins, or an out of place artifact, archaeology and history combined often leave us scratching our heads in confusion.