Blemmyes: Headless Cannibals
Historically, the Blemmyes were first described by Pliny the Elder. (That right there should put you on your guard, because old Pliny tended to play fast and loose with what we think of as "facts.") Pliny the Elder described them as having no heads, with "their mouth and eyes are put in their chests."
Sketches of the time show exactly that: people without heads, with their facial features embedded in their chests. While it is theoretically true that a human being's mouth and nose could be hooked up through their chest (imagine the esophagus and trachea being detoured to the front of the chest) one can't help but point out that there is no room for a brain.
The human brain is a fairly large object, about the size of a football, and weighing about three pounds. Needless to say, it would be difficult to fit a brain inside a chest cavity.
Sketches of the time show exactly that: people without heads, with their facial features embedded in their chests. While it is theoretically true that a human being's mouth and nose could be hooked up through their chest (imagine the esophagus and trachea being detoured to the front of the chest) one can't help but point out that there is no room for a brain.
The human brain is a fairly large object, about the size of a football, and weighing about three pounds. Needless to say, it would be difficult to fit a brain inside a chest cavity.
