This marble head was found by archaeologists in an antique sarcophagus of the 2nd century AD. The find strikingly resembles the head of Elvis Presley, right down to his famous coca hairstyle. This find caused a real stir - also because in ancient Rome, hairstyles that even remotely resembled Elvis Presley's hairstyle were never worn
In October 2008, this phenomenal find was auctioned to an unknown buyer.
According to The Daily Mail, Elvis belonged to renowned Melbourne collector Graham Geddes. Almost all of his collection of antique art, valued at at least a million pounds, was put up for auction at Bonhams.
Experts in ancient art find it difficult to determine exactly for what purpose the Elvis was made. According to one of the versions, the bust was originally installed at the burial, but it is not known whether it depicted the deceased. It is not known who the person depicted in the sculpture was.
Or maybe it was our Presley, only in the distant past? It's no secret that there are a lot of rumors around the mystery of the death of the King of Rock-n-Roll …
