Oh please brother bear and brother wolf...come down from the hills and eat up the neighboring tribe before they come over and eat us!
Posted on 03/05/2007 10:09:23 AM PST by blam
Builders Discover 46 Ancient Tombs in Colombia
2007-02-22 11:06:18 Xinhua
A group of construction workers stumbled upon 46 ancient tombs, between 1,500 and 2,500 years old while digging to build a new soccer stadium in Deportivo Cali in southwestern Colombia, an archaeologist team said on Wednesday.
The tombs were found in Malagana, on the basin of the Cauca River. Anthropologist Jose Rodriguez, who headed a team from Colombia's National University, said that the tombs showed evidence of cannibalism and warrior activities.
On the building site, experts found human bones, primarily radius and ulna bones. Rodriguez said that this indicates ritual cannibalism. According to him the community members tried to acquire shamanic powers by eating human bone marrow or brain.
The anthropologists said that they also found the first female shaman in Colombia. She was identified because she was discovered buried face down, the position used even now in the Amazon by shamans, who believe that a face-up burial allows shamanic energies to escape the grave and harm the community.
The other items discovered included fine ceramic, carbon fragments, animal bones and seeds.
Perhaps they are the tombs of Jesus too? /s
DAMN!
In honor of our leftist neighbors (who believe this kind of thing could never, ever, EVER happen), please, everyone, join me in a chorus of 'Kumbaya'...
beat me to it
pingie
Bobby Knight mentioned once that he wanted to be buried face-down, too...
Celebrate Diversity!
No way. Haven't you ever listened to Neil Young? Native indians were all about peace love beads bells and light shows incense and communing with nature.
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¡No cabe duda, era la tomba de Jesús! Yo te juro, Jesús Martínez.
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Will the home team be named "The Cannibals"? Cain't wait to see their mascot.
Oh please brother bear and brother wolf...come down from the hills and eat up the neighboring tribe before they come over and eat us!
It's the white man's fault. These noble nature lovers probably found a message in a bottle from Europe telling them all about ritualistic cannabalism.
So this is what "The Relic" was based on, hmn.
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