• The Meroë Head, one of the most important surviving portraits of Rome's first emperor, Augustus, is explored in a new Asahi Shimbun Display at the British...
  • Ancient bronze head of Augustus Caesar excavated from Meroe Nubia in 1911 by Professor Garstang of Liverpool University.
  • 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 of Augustus. It was looted from Roman Egypt in 24 BC by the forces of queen Amanirenas of Kush and brought back to Meroe...
  • Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir...
  • “We are beyond delighted to see The Meroë Head of Augustus return to the University, and honoured to be exhibiting it at the VG&M...
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  • Meroë Head of Augustus: that excellent profile makes up for the slightly terrifying eyes
  • The BM's digital representation of the Meroe head is bleak and narrow.