Woman's Skeleton Found at Bottom of Prehistoric Well

FOXNews.com ^ | Wednesday, June 14, 2009 | AP via FOXNews.com

[NCDragon]

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Archeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday.

Pavlos Flourentzos, the nation's top antiquities official, said the 16-foot (5-meter) deep cylindrical shaft was found last month at a construction site in Kissonerga, a village near the Mediterranean island nation's southwestern coast.

After the well dried up it apparently was used to dispose trash, and the items found in it included the poorly preserved skeleton of the young woman, animal bone fragments, worked flints, stone beads and pendants from the island's early Neolithic period, Flourentzos said.

The skeleton could be as old as the well itself, but archeologists don't know how the girl died or when and why the skeleton was left there, he said. Radiocarbon dating found the well is between 9,000 to 10,500 years old, he said.

[varmintman]

cold case??

[SIDENET]

I hope they find the perp.

[VRWCmember]

She should have left well enough alone.

[SanFranDan]

You guys area Horrible! But truth be told, you make reading the news, oh so deliciously FUN!!!

[Dumpster Baby]

Tedsuelo Bundyzos

;^)

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Some ancestor of Teddy Kennedy?

[Sacajaweau]

Obviously, she wanted that pendant. It was likely a "cat fight" and she lost....

Hey, my guess is as good as anyone's except they said: "No Grant Money for You!!"

[SIDENET]

Talk about getting the shaft!

[gov_bean_ counter]

She shoulda stopped digging...

[Lurker]

Old bones ping

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now we know the 12th Iman is NOT coming back. Maybe the jihadists can give it a rest.

[massgopguy]

“Seven days.”

[massgopguy]

“Seven days.”

[Sacajaweau]

It is a deep subject.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> but archeologists don’t know how the girl died or when and why the skeleton was left there

Arkancide? Did it look like an accident?

[SIDENET]

"9000 B.C. Hide and Seek World Champion."

[SIDENET]

It is a deep subject.

Well worth researching.

[evets]

[knarf]

"Old bones ping"

Hey ... leave me out of this!