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Skeleton of ancient 'birdman' shaman wearing a costume made from BEAKS...
Daily Mail UK ^
| 29 May 2019
| Will Stewart and Ian Randall
Posted on 05/30/2019 4:00:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Researcher Lilia Kobeleva of the Novosibirsk Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography and colleagues unearthed the finds at the Ust-Tartas archaeological site in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia.
'The beaks were assembled at the back of the skull, along the neck, as if it was a collar that protected the owner when he lived here,' Ms Kobeleva told the Siberian Times.
Alternatively, the beaks — of which there are estimated to be between around 30 and 50 — may have been part of a ritual costume, or an elaborate headdress or piece of armour.
The beaks will take months to painstakingly separate for study, the researchers said.
Although ornithologists have yet to fully analyse the beaks, it is thought that they likely came from either cranes or herons.
As the scientists have not found mounting holes in the beaks, it is not clear how they would have been attached to either each other or the fabric.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; birdman; faithandphilosophy; godsgravesglyphs; shaman; siberia; storkzilla
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:00:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:02:18 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Forget the beaks, how did he find duct-tape for that stick?
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:04:57 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:05:00 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
Did you all just assume that persons gender?
How dare you!
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:05:31 PM PDT
by
48th SPS Crusader
(I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like he got his skull bashed in. Nobody liked the beak man.
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:10:21 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(Free)
To: BenLurkin
I once saw a young lady walking along a street pushing a cart. She had pebbles stuck up her nose, sticks in her hair, a beach towel rolled up and wrapped around her neck (it was summer time) and feathers stuck behind her ears.
She must have been one heck of a shaman.
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:10:24 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:20:42 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
To: Grimmy
She needs rings on her finger, and bells on her toes. And a bbone through her nose.....
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:21:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Right turn, Clyde. 😝
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:23:02 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/30/2019 4:26:11 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: BenLurkin
As the scientists have not found mounting holes in the beaks, it is not clear how they would have been attached to either each other or the fabric. Nostril holes.
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posted on
05/30/2019 7:11:15 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Sometimes the bird chooses you:
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posted on
05/30/2019 7:42:59 PM PDT
by
MikelTackNailer
(NRT, NewRome Tacitus, just don't call me late to dinner.)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe the guy was an ancient traffic cop. That’s the same kind of stick they carry today in Russia!
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posted on
05/30/2019 8:38:44 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. I know why the beaked shaman no longer sings.
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posted on
05/30/2019 11:19:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/30/2019 11:20:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
Part of the beaker culture?
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posted on
05/31/2019 6:37:51 AM PDT
by
null and void
(The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
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