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Severed Heads

Claudio Parmiggiani sculptural head

‘A Fountain’ by Claudio Parmiggiani

Like the monarchs in its home country, this sculpture keeps losing its head.

Galileo's Middle Finger

The Ultimate Guide to Scattered Body Parts

One way or another, these heads, shoulders, hands, and toes have lost their bodies.

Michelle Cassidy October 19, 2021

The Morbid Journey of Cromwell's Traveling Head

Dolly Stolze November 24, 2014

The Head of St. John the Baptist in 2001.

The Head of St. John the Baptist at Amiens Cathedral

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

John the Baptist relic

The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Vampires, Magic Duels, and Headless Bodies

Dylan Thuras October 3, 2011

Mimizuka.

Mimizuka

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.