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Blemyae
Pliny described these men as having no heads, and their eyes and mouths were on their chest. This was also widely reported in medieval times.
Isidore of Seville tells- "The Blemmyes, born in Libya, are believed to be headless trunks, having mouth and eyes in the breast; others are born without necks, with eyes in their shoulders."
Sir John Mandeville tells of "men that have no heads, and their eyes are in their shoulders and their mouth is on their breast. In another isle are men that have no head nor eyes, and their mouth is in their shoulders. And in another isle are men that have flat faces, without a nose, and without eyes, but they have two small round holes instead of eyes, and they have a flat mouth without lips. And in that isle are men that have their faces all flat without eyes, without mouth and without nose, but they have their eyes and their mouth behind on their shoulders."
