1 posted on
05/05/2003 5:29:12 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Locator ^
2 posted on
05/05/2003 5:37:36 PM PDT by
backhoe
To: RightWhale
Juval Castle mentioned in the article, built in 1278ad.
3 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.
4 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?
5 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: blam
Some scientists believe he may have been murdered - a theory backed by Italian scientists'...It was a Mafia hit.
8 posted on
05/05/2003 5:48:47 PM PDT by
Consort
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.
17 posted on
05/05/2003 6:37:11 PM PDT by
djf
To: blam
I can't wait for a DNA linkage to modern children if he had any.
Imagine world wide search for possible children.
To: blam
read later
To: blam
Then there was his clothing: leggings, loincloth and jacket made of deer and goat hide; a cape made of grass and the bark of the linden tree; a hat of bearskin; shoes insulated with grass, with bearskin soles and goatskin uppers. He was protected against Alpine weather. Otzi was a regular Daniel Boone on Pastanoids.
The Indians of the North West used Yew wood for their bows. I have been told they would cut the saplings and bury them for a year to age the wood before making the bow.
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32 posted on
06/15/2005 9:36:51 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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07/14/2010 3:23:47 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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