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'Civil War' skull from Gettysburg that was nearly auctioned off is actually more than 700 years old
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| Sunday, February 8, 2015
| Belinda Robinson
Posted on 02/08/2015 12:56:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A skull that was thought to have belonged to a Civil War soldier killed at Gettysburg is actually more than 700 years old and from the Southwest, say experts.
The National Park Service has revealed that forensic anthropologists determined that the skull is from the late 1200s and belonged to a Native American man in his early-to-mid 20s.
That's nearly 300 years before Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World and 400 years before the first settlement of English in the United States.
The company that nearly auctioned the skull last year said notarized documents had showed it was discovered on a Gettysburg farm, not the Southwestern US, according to NBC 4.
The firm - Estate Auction Company - was set to auction off the skull in Hagerstown, Maryland in June but canceled after members of the public complained.
They then donated the skull to the Parks Service.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; gettysburg; godsgravesglyphs; nps; precolumbian
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full title, "Revealed: 'Civil War' skull from Gettysburg that was nearly auctioned off is actually more than 700 years old".
Skull: The National Parks Service said that forensic anthropologists determined the skull is from the late 1200s and belonged to a Native American man in his early-to-mid 20s
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posted on
02/08/2015 12:56:42 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
02/08/2015 12:57:07 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
To: SunkenCiv
A native American.....Really??
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:02:07 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Sacajaweau
The late 1200s were a good time, actually. Free enterprise, strong families, freedom of expression, love and respect for nature, and really, the federal government had no power at all. Homosexuality? Most folks thought it was a waste of time. Then again, all things considered, the modern left would have called us “cave-men.”
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:05:36 PM PST
by
golux
To: SunkenCiv
So does that make it more or less valuable?
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:06:22 PM PST
by
rhinohunter
(Freepers aren't booing -- they're yelling "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
To: SunkenCiv
Oldest known Civil War veteran?
To: rhinohunter
A 700 year old Indian fighting at Gettysburg? There’s at least an ABC sitcom to that story.
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:08:43 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Ask Brian Williams he was there.
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:11:31 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Brian Williams witnessed the tragic death...........
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:11:47 PM PST
by
JW1949
To: central_va
You beat me to it....*LOL*
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:12:33 PM PST
by
JW1949
To: central_va
"Ask Brian Williams he was there. "
I was going to say it was Brian Williams' skull from when he was a youth.
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:15:33 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: SunkenCiv
The company that nearly auctioned the skull last year said notarized documents had showed it was discovered on a Gettysburg farm, not the Southwestern US, according to NBC 4. Paper will lie still and let you put anything on it.
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02/08/2015 1:15:37 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Sacajaweau; SWAMPSNIPER; golux; rhinohunter; Larry Lucido; Hillarys Gate Cult; central_va; ...
Another tragic time-travel accident.
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:18:36 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The mystery is, why would anyone be digging for veteran graves to auction off the craniums?
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:19:28 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe it is the skull of a Viking.
How do they know the person was from the Southwest? Traces of peyote in the bone?
Maybe it was a Viking on the way back from a trip to the Southwest to gather peyote, killed on his way back to Greenland. Denmark can sue for reparations as soon as they determine what tribe was living in Gettysburg in the 13th century.
To: SunkenCiv
Yes that is kind of strange.
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:30:37 PM PST
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Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Verginius Rufus
LOL, you’ve been watching way too much on the Discovery/History Channel.
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:30:40 PM PST
by
Mercat
(Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket)
To: Verginius Rufus; Harmless Teddy Bear
Must have been a skull missing in the SW. ;’)
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:34:59 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
To: SunkenCiv
How old does a grave have to be before you can dig it up and auction the body parts?
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posted on
02/08/2015 1:40:32 PM PST
by
UnwashedPeasant
(A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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