KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Also described as ‘headless men’, Blemmyae are mythical creatures of antiquity which, instead of heads, have faces in their chest. These monstrous creatures have cropped up in popular thought time and again throughout history, from antiquity through to the Middle Ages.

Detailed explanation-2: -They are variously known as akephaloi (Greek , “headless ones") or Blemmyes (Latin: Blemmyae; Greek: ) and described as lacking a head, with their facial features on their chest. These were at first described as inhabitants of ancient Libya or the Nile system (Aethiopia).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Blemmyes (Ancient Greek: or , Blémues [blé.my.es], Latin: Blemmyae) were an Eastern Desert people who appeared in written sources from the 7th century BC until the 8th century AD. By the late 4th century, they had occupied Lower Nubia and established a kingdom.