Still Waters Posted August 14, 2013 #1 Share Posted August 14, 2013 The mummified remains of a body found in a Laois bog two years ago have been found to date back to 2,000BC, making it the oldest “bog body” discovered anywhere in the world. The 4,000-year-old remains, which predate the famed Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun by nearly 700 years, are those of a young adult male. He is believed to have met a violent death in some sort of ritual sacrifice. http://www.irishtime...ldest-1.1483171 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted August 15, 2013 #2 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Fascinatingly gruesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted August 16, 2013 #3 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Very interesting. Too bad it was partially destroyed. Still, that's better than being wholly destroyed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted August 19, 2013 #4 Share Posted August 19, 2013 "Well my boy, the good news is that long after we are all gone and forgotten, you will be famous..." "Gee! That's great!" "Now for the bad news" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d e v i c e Posted August 19, 2013 #5 Share Posted August 19, 2013 “We believe that the victims of these ritual killings are kings that have failed in their kingship and have been sacrificed as a consequence.” Oh, well. It didn't work out so just kill him and put him in the bog. No worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted September 24, 2013 #6 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Cashel Man has had the weight of the world on his shoulders, quite literally, for 4,000 years. Compressed by the peat that has preserved his remains, he looks like a squashed, dark leather holdall. Apart, that is, from one forlorn arm that stretches out and upward and tells us something of the deliberate and extremely violent death that he suffered 500 years before Tutankhamen was born. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24053119 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted September 25, 2013 #7 Share Posted September 25, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-24053119 Because Cashel Man's chest was destroyed by the milling machine that uncovered him, the researchers are unable to examine the state of his nipples. WOOOO!!!! Sean Connory: "You call this Archeology??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted September 25, 2013 #8 Share Posted September 25, 2013 WOOOO!!!! Sean Connory: "You call this Archeology??" I think nipples are important to be honest, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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