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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/colossal-carved-heads-found-at-roman-bathhouse-near-hadrians-wall/147422?fbclid=IwAR2juiZ6EImfseITsXqgEVk0smrzr0EDWby26jHhienUkPfZEJjjrDHHTvQ

2 heads being better than 1 obviously

  Big, yes, colossal? they are not exactly Moai!  

Looking at the pictures and the text:- "carved heads (3x the size of a human head) which would have come from sculptures measuring up to 12-15 ft (3.5-4.5m) tall." I agree they are big but they don't look to me as if they have come from statues, they look more architectural.

good point Ian, could be reliefs on columns

IIRC, the Romans often made colossal statues of wood, with only bits like heads and hands of stone, so that is a possibility.  Certainly, they don't look broken off a statue but rather that they had flat bottoms at chin level to be placed on something.

bookends.....

Quote from: Imperial Dave on May 26, 2023, 05:26:55 PMbookends.....

You must have mighty sturdy bookshelves.

hoooooge

Quote from: Erpingham on May 26, 2023, 05:37:50 PM

Quote from: Imperial Dave on May 26, 2023, 05:26:55 PMbookends.....

You must have mighty sturdy bookshelves.

Very big books?

well hundreds of them so collectively quite weighty 

Quote from: Imperial Dave on May 27, 2023, 08:23:42 AMwell hundreds of them so collectively quite weighty 

Or...