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Secrets Of A Stone Age Rambo (Otzi, The Iceman)
The Observer (UK) ^
| 5-4-2003
| Robim Mckie
Posted on 05/05/2003 5:29:12 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:29:12 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Locator ^
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:37:36 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: RightWhale
Juval Castle mentioned in the article, built in 1278ad.
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:37:43 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Two theories I have heard are, that he was murdered, (probably for revenge as he was not robbed) or that he was a sacrifice of some kind.
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:38:41 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Somebody should have labeled the future "Some assembly required.")
To: blam
"an arrowhead in Otzi's back, just under his left shoulder. This has still to be verified by other researchers."
This discovery has facinated me since it was made. How hard would it be to verify an arrowhead in his back, though?
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:44:55 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: blam
He was shot in the back from below so I always imagined he was a bandit who was chased down and killed by a stone-age posse as he fled up the mountain, his bandit buddies finally abandoning him when it was clear he wasn't going to make it. Seen too many old westerns I guess.
To: Bahbah
"This discovery has facinated me since it was made. How hard would it be to verify an arrowhead in his back, though?" I think they're 'fussing' about harming the mummy by going in to get it. I'm pretty sure I've seen an Xray showing the arrow head though.
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:47:42 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Some scientists believe he may have been murdered - a theory backed by Italian scientists'...It was a Mafia hit.
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:48:47 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: Bahbah
Maybe it was self inflicted.
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:50:17 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Red Green is my hero.)
To: blam
That's a small castle, smaller than the entryway to Saddam's main palace. Cannon fire would have to be accurate to hit it at all.
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:55:51 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: irishtenor
Arkinside?
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posted on
05/05/2003 5:58:52 PM PDT
by
Woodman
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Interesting. I enjoy the archeologists desire to make him into "someone". Given his age, he may have just died a natural death as he traversed from one site to another. If he had a bow, he WAS a hunter...at least for survival AND he was equipped for a "journey"....10 miles, 100 miles, whatever...
A find like this is certainly something to ponder but "what you see is what you get".
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:01:01 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Woodman
Many people have had self inflicted wounds to the back, sometimes several wounds. Most were friends of Bill.
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:05:07 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Red Green is my hero.)
To: LibWhacker; Bahbah; blam
The arrowhead was imbeaded in his hip bone as I recall. They discovered it when they exrayed the body.
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:10:06 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: farmfriend
"The arrowhead was imbeaded in his hip bone as I recall. They discovered it when they exrayed the body." Nah. That was Kennewick Man and he survived that injury because the bone was healing around the wound. Albeit, the reports I read was that at minimum he would have been in pain and have a limp. He was about 45 years old when he died.
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:27:51 PM PDT
by
blam
To: farmfriend
Amazing it took so long
for them to find it.
To: blam
I thought I had heard he also had a high level of arsenic in his system, which implied he was involved in copper smelting. There was a show on discovery about him, he really was very high tech for his time, he had like three different kinds of flints in his tinder box and several kind of mosses and grasses. The insides of his shoes were lined with a kind of woven grass, stone age socks.
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:37:11 PM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
"I thought I had heard he also had a high level of arsenic in his system, which implied he was involved in copper smelting." Because of the quantity found, they believe he was a smelterer
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:42:19 PM PDT
by
blam
To: LibWhacker
"Amazing it took so long for them to find it." Yup. I believe some were embarrassed. Thanks for the picture.
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:44:13 PM PDT
by
blam
To: LibWhacker; blam
Not the first time nor the last that I will be wrong. Remember, you heard it here first.
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posted on
05/05/2003 6:44:44 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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