[SunkenCiv]

It has even been suggested that the cave story was the basis for his supposed fabrication of the Masada suicides. But that turned out to be not a story after all — the ostraca used for the Masada lottery — with the surnames still visible — were excavated there in the second half of the 20th c.

[colorado tanker]

I can understand using that approach in a day when committing suicide generally required a blade. Giving yourself a deadly wound with a blade is a way different proposition than, say, simply pulling a trigger.