Is this the face of Julius Caesar? Roman Emperor’s ‘crazy bulge’ revealed after cool 3D reconstruction
The new bust shows he may have experienced a difficult birth which led to the bump
SCIENTISTS have recreated Julius Caesar’s head thanks to 3D technology - and it shows the legendary Roman emperor had a “crazy bulge” on his head.
The National Museum of Antiquities in the Netherlands was able to take a scan of a marble portrait to make the model.
The reconstruction shows he had a bump on his head which may have happened during a difficult birth.
Archaeologist Tom Buijtendorp - the brains behind the bust - told Dutch newspaper, HLN: “So he has a crazy bulge on his head.
“A doctor said that it this can occur in a heavy delivery. You do not invent that as an artist.”
The reconstruction was made by archaeologist Maja d’Hollosy, who used two busts of Caesar as well as coins and a marble portrait of the emperor.
The museum said: "The piece of sculpture is pretty damaged. That is why it was decided to supplement the disappeared parts, such as nose and chin, on the basis of a second portrait of Julius Caesar: the so-called Tusculum bust."
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Caesar was renowned as the greatest Roman emperor and conquered France and Belgium.
He travelled to Britain twice during his rule but never fully occupied the island.
He was assassinated by a group of rebellious senators in 44BC.
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