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"Frankenstein" Bog Mummies Discovered in Scotland
National Geographic ^ | 6-6-2012 | Rachel Kaufman

Posted on 07/08/2012 5:46:50 AM PDT by Renfield

In a "eureka" moment worthy of Dr. Frankenstein, scientists have discovered that two 3,000-year-old Scottish "bog bodies" are actually made from the remains of six people.

According to new isotopic dating and DNA experiments, the mummies—a male and a female—were assembled from various body parts, although the purpose of the gruesome composites is likely lost to history.

The mummies were discovered more than a decade ago below the remnants of 11th-century houses at Cladh Hallan, a prehistoric village on the island of South Uist (map), off the coast of Scotland.

The bodies had been buried in the fetal position 300 to 600 years after death....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; scotland; scotlandyet
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To: SunkenCiv
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21 posted on 07/08/2012 6:43:03 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: SunkenCiv

More bog bodies, this time in Denmark (200 of them!)...

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2012/an-army-sacrificed-in-a-bog


22 posted on 07/09/2012 12:49:42 PM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

:’) Bazinga. :’)


23 posted on 07/09/2012 3:18:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Chode

Apparently the writer isn’t wrapped too tight. /rimshot!


24 posted on 07/09/2012 3:21:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: TheOldLady

Maybe they hadn’t perfected tailoring clothes, and tried altering the lengths of limbs.

Orrrr, maybe they couldn’t find all the original parts of several people after some horrible demise.


25 posted on 07/09/2012 3:22:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
LOLOLOL...!!!
26 posted on 07/09/2012 3:52:41 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Renfield

Ooooh, interesting, probably make a good standalone topic this week (hint, hint). Thanks Renfield!
27 posted on 07/09/2012 4:32:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe that was all the parts they found after a group of friends got attacked by wolves, so they buried them together.

Maybe there was a terrible battle, and they had enough hacked-off parts to reassemble two warriors. Why? Because they could.

Maybe they were criminals, and they were reassembled from parts in order to cause confusion in the boggy underworld, so they would be rejected from the afterlife.


28 posted on 07/09/2012 4:39:08 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

Love that third idea!


29 posted on 07/09/2012 5:34:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hmmm... Yessss... I thought you might. It’s vindictive and bloodthirsty to keep harassing one’s enemies even after you kill them. ;-)


30 posted on 07/09/2012 5:40:13 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Renfield
A bog, huh?

Sounds like this guy.


31 posted on 07/09/2012 5:48:18 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: TheOldLady

I don’t think it’s right to spit on them though.

Putting their carcasses ON a spit, that’s still okay...


32 posted on 07/09/2012 6:14:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s gotta be hard keeping all the pieces together on a spit, Civ!


33 posted on 07/09/2012 6:55:33 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Tanniker Smith; SunkenCiv; All

Here is another early, not prehistoric, since it is early 1500s recent discovery. Near Ontario, it was the biggest settlement in the northern northern hemisphere at that time. I would have sent the Huff Post link that had a lot more info, but found this link at a scientific site and figured it was more PC. ;-)

http://www.livescience.com/21351-mantle-site-artifacts.html


34 posted on 07/10/2012 8:59:12 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Good choice! :’)


35 posted on 07/11/2012 3:30:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Skin as supple as a Coach pocket book.


36 posted on 07/15/2012 5:41:40 AM PDT by ABN 505
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