title: [The bronze head of Seuthes III. A maxillofacial surgery case from antiquity].
abstract: The authors had the opportunity to visit the tumulus of Golijama Kosmatka in todays central Bulgaria and the there found burial artefacts of Seuthes III., a Thracian King who lived in the 4th-3rd century BC. The beautiful bronze head of the king found in front of the burial site shows the typical sequelae of a dislocated lateral mid face fracture in all details. These findings do fit and also confirm the troublesome times this local king went through after the death of Alexander the Great.
authors.affiliation: Archäologe Istituto Svizzero di Roma, 00187 Rom.
authors.forename: Esaù
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dozio
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Allmen
mesh_terms: D002031:Bulgaria; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000266:history; D018645:Greek World; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D012613:Sculpture; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000266:history*