ler totalmente The Meroë Head of Augustus: British Museum Objects in Focus

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 Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Once forming part of a statue of Rome's revered first true emperor; the head was violently separated from the body and carried away in triumph by ancient Meroitic tribesman shortly after its creation. For nearly two millennia it remained buried in front of a temple in their capital city of Meroe (modern Sudan); so that worshippers ritually had to trample the face of the supreme leader of Rome. The head was recovered in 1910 and remarkably well preserved; is one of the British Museums most treasured objects.
This book reveals the significance of the head in the light of Augustus' rise to power and the role of portraits in the Roman world. Accompanied by a series of new photographs that highlight the wonderful; dramatic qualities of the head; this is an absorbing introduction to a Roman object; that like many others; was made as a continuous reminder of the all- embracing power of Rome and its emperor.

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