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Mummy Found Hiding [sic] Inside Ancient Buddha Statue
livescience.com ^
| Tia Ghose,
Posted on 02/23/2015 5:43:44 PM PST by BenLurkin
The mummy may have once been a respected Buddhist monk who, after death, was worshipped as an enlightened being, one who helped the living end their cycle of suffering and death, said Vincent van Vilsteren, an archaeology curator at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, where the mummy (from inside the Buddha statue) was on exhibit last year.
The secret hidden in the gold-painted statue was first discovered when preservationists began restoring the statue many years ago. But the human remains weren't studied in detail until researchers took scans and samples of tissue from the mummy late last year.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: buddha; buddhism; mummies; weird
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During routine restoration, researchers discovered a surprise hidden in an ancient gold-painted Chinese Buddha statue: a mummy hidden inside. The mummy was once the Buddhist monk Liuquan, according to text found with the statue. Credit: ©Ben Heggelman (Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort) / Universityhospital Mannheim
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02/23/2015 5:43:44 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:44:59 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Candor7
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:45:40 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: BenLurkin
Never EVER play hide and seek with a Buddhist.
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:46:22 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:46:36 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Note to self: Next time I need to hide a body....
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:54:31 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv; Salamander
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:54:38 PM PST
by
shibumi
("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; TheOldLady
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:56:40 PM PST
by
shibumi
("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
To: BenLurkin
Winner of the Buddhist Monk Hide & Seek Contest for the year 1,015.
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posted on
02/23/2015 6:00:16 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: mass55th
A Peruvian mummy who hid in an urn for 875 years is challenging this win. He claims that the Chinese monk merely sat down to meditate and his overzealous grandson got carried away with his papier-mâché for a school project. Therefore he wasn’t really hiding and is not a proper contestant.
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02/23/2015 6:13:19 PM PST
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TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: BenLurkin
You know, I am a single man and I just might call that mummy for a date.
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02/23/2015 6:14:19 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv; GeronL; Slings and Arrows
Hide and Go Seek champion??
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posted on
02/23/2015 6:31:00 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: Slyfox
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02/23/2015 6:33:12 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Bubba's Buddhy)
To: a fool in paradise
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02/23/2015 6:36:43 PM PST
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GeronL
To: TigersEye
LOL!! Good one! The Chinese Monk concedes.
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02/23/2015 7:22:46 PM PST
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: BenLurkin
You really need to be careful with any mummy that can hide itself. You never know what else it can do.
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02/23/2015 8:29:05 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: mass55th
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posted on
02/23/2015 8:34:22 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: TigersEye
Thanks for the Ping. Nothing like locking oneself into a statue and then going for it! Only in China?
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02/23/2015 8:57:08 PM PST
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Candor7
(Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Candor7
No, the article talks about similar practices in Japan,
minus the statue. I guess that might be only in China.
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02/23/2015 9:15:43 PM PST
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TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: shibumi; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
Thanks for the ping, Sensei. I read all about this on Fox news this morning. I was shocked to find out that
when the monks are dying, they are entombed with a breathing tube so that they may meditate until they die.
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02/24/2015 5:38:34 AM PST
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TheOldLady
(Pray for Obama... Psalm 109:8...... I donate monthly. Do you?)
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