Posted on 06/24/2009 6:38:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archeological studies have found that the female inhabitants of Iran's ancient site of Burnt City outlived the male members of their community.
According to head of the Burnt City archeology team Farzad Forouzanfar, men died between the ages of 35 to 45, while women lived well into their 80s.
Forouzanfar said that the area witnessed considerable population drops and that "the number of the female inhabitants of the area was more than the males."
"The team also found that the remains of nearly 30,000 burials exist in Burnt City," he added.
Demographical studies also showed that over 6,000 people lived in Burnt City. Previous research had estimated the number to stand at 5,000.
Located near the city of Zabol in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Burnt City spans more than 300,000 hectares and dates back to 5,200 years ago.
Four civilizations have lived in the city which was burnt down three times and not rebuilt after the last fire.
The world's oldest animated picture, dice and backgammon set, the earliest known caraway seed and artificial eyeball have been found at the site.
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“The message may be cloudy, but the meaning is clear..”
Join your women in battle on the streets, and I’ll kill you this year!
Signed: your friendly local Bassij Commander.
What more can you say?
“According to head of the Burnt City archeology team Farzad Forouzanfar, men died between the ages of 35 to 45, while women lived well into their 80s.”
Why do men die before their wives?
Because we want to. (Rimshot)
Any word on causes of death?
Aggravation
/funny
Why do women outlive their husbands?
“Hey, y’all, watch this!”
Nothing but old women around, they probably welcomed death!
Umber-lievable!
>>Any word on causes of death?<<
Freaking nagging.
LOL
Sounds like the women took decisive action if they found out their husbands had a girlfriend in Argentina.
“Freaking nagging.”
Thanks. I needed a laugh.
“Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUwpLyIDIJw
“Argentina”
Yeah, what the crap is going on with all these pubby politicians acting like scumbags?
I wonder how many of them used to be democrats.
Women live longer than men because they don’t live with women.
I’m sure that the major contributor to this difference is war and internal fighting. Women die in childbirth at a high rate in early societies; however, man’s own violence against himself overwhelms this fact.
The whole place was probably built as the last gasp of a society based on divorce settlements and alimony. ;’)
;’)
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