Ancient Bronze Hand Found in Switzerland Mystifies Archeologists

Gizmodo ^ | George Dvorsky

[Red Badger]

You and Helen Thomas were partying in Switzerland?................

[Red Badger]

It had a date on it: 1500BC...................

[chrisser]

“Talk to the hand”...

[gloriabeth]

“Dem bones,
Dem bones,
gonna rise again,
Gonna exercise the franchise again;
gonna tax us up to our eyes again;
and all because of
Dem bones.”
—li’l Abner

[txnativegop]

prosthetic device?

That is a lot of Bronze to waste on a hand, I would think blades would be more important during that time period.

[sphinx]

Conspicuous consumption -- waste, to others -- has always been a status symbol.

It could always be melted down for weaponry if needed, but fortunately it was buried first. Most ancient bronzes did not survive the armorers.

[mabarker1]

ROFLMAO !!!!

[pepsi_junkie]

Photo of the original owner was found nearby.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

[minnesota_bound]

What was left after Jason of the Argonauts got thru with the foe sent by Medea.

[Duchess47]

My thoughts when I read the title. :)

[Monkey Face]

Oh, my goodness!
What a great story! LOL!

[Redcitizen]

Bronze hand just doesn’t sound quite as cool as iron hand.

[wildbill]

Somewhere there are two arms and hands, one with a beckoning finger and the other showing two fingers (2 denarii) from the Venus de Milo.

[COBOL2Java]