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French archeologists have unearthed a perfectly preserved head of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in the ancient Nabatean city of Petra

A perfectly preseved head. How many did he have?
Or is the head of an effigy maent?

9 posted on 04/24/2004 7:08:31 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Despise not the jester. Often he is the only one speaking the truth")
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To: Oztrich Boy
A perfectly preseved head. How many did he have?

Well, it is quite likely, judging from the article, that the quotation is not from a native English speaker. Consequently, he probably didn't know that we use the term 'bust' for a statuette of a human head, rather than 'head'.

13 posted on 04/24/2004 7:59:40 PM PDT by SedVictaCatoni
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