August
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/ 2018
The Blemmyes are an example of various species of bizarre creatures rumored, in antiquity and later, to inhabit remote parts of the world - from dog-headed humanoids to strange men with a single large foot, and many other weird and wonderful beings. Many such odd creatures are currently being explored at The Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition, “ Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders,” on view until Sept. 23, 2018. The Blemmyes origins began as a tribe inhabiting the lower parts of Nubia, but later became fictionalized as a race of creatures believed to be acephalous (headless) monsters who had eyes and mouths on their chest. The Blemmyes were first described 2,500 years ago in The Histories, written by the 5
