Marble Heads Without Bodies
Anyone who’s been to a museum will have seen plenty of sculptures depicting prominent figures from the ancient Roman era. Have you ever wondered why many of the marble heads of Roman senators, philosophers, and emperors are missing their bodies?
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This strange phenomenon is because crafting full marble statues was so time-consuming. The life span and reign of some emperors were so short that they’d die before the artist was finished sculpting the entire body. It was far more efficient to create detachable heads, allowing for interchanging heads on a single body.
