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Archaeologists Baffled by Headless Bodies Find
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| April 2005
| Nick Foley
Posted on 08/05/2005 8:27:24 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: SunkenCiv; blam
There is an interesting discussion of decapitation traditions in
Adrian Bailey, The Caves of the Sun: The Origin of Mythology, especially Chapter 12 and following. The gist of his argument is that in many ancient cultures the head was symbolically associated with the Sun and crop fertility, and decapitation after burial could therefore symbolize the "setting" of the soul at death as well as the decline of the Sun in winter, with the anticipation of a "rising" in the afterlife and likewise of continued agricultural fertility the next year. Horses (linked to traditions about chariots pulling the Sun) also were often buried decapitated among Indo-European peoples.
Daithi O'Hogan, The Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland, p. 47 mentions an apparently related tradition practiced in ancient Ireland involving the burial of an animal skull--usually a horse--beneath the foundation of a new home.
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08/05/2005 1:12:06 PM PDT
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Fedora
To: Darkchylde
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08/05/2005 1:13:11 PM PDT
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Fedora
To: Darkchylde
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08/05/2005 1:13:43 PM PDT
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Fedora
To: robowombat
Iron shackles would have been very expensive to have buried with the body/victim.
Something we haven't thought of was going on here.
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08/05/2005 2:56:44 PM PDT
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blam
To: afraidfortherepublic
Headsonpikes is a Canadian FReeper.
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08/05/2005 3:13:15 PM PDT
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Little Bill
(A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
To: Little Bill
Headsonpikes is a Canadian FReeper.Wel, I didn't think he was an ancient Roman!
To: afraidfortherepublic
Could be, I never met him or saw his Latin.
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08/05/2005 3:51:34 PM PDT
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Little Bill
(A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
To: robowombat
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08/05/2005 3:54:10 PM PDT
by
FFIGHTER
To: curmudgeonII
The heads presumably are singing that old song, "I ain't got nobody".You need to go to your room!!!
; < )
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08/05/2005 4:18:59 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(My Wife Rocks!)
To: Little Bill; afraidfortherepublic
Could be, I never met him or saw his Latin."If I'd 'ave 'ad me Latin, I'd 'ave been a judge!"*
* Obscure ancient British humor reference.
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08/05/2005 8:04:58 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
To: Fedora
great post. Also, Catal Huyuk's various human and animal skulls, plastered over, and I think even painted, found during Mellaart's excavations circa 1960 (although I'm a little leery of Mellaart).
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08/05/2005 8:16:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
Burial with the Romans (New discoveries in the way Romans treated their dead).
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Posted by vannrox On News/Activism 03/25/2003 4:19:01 PM PST · 6 replies · 310+ views
British Archaeology Magazine | FR Post 3-24-03 | Alison Taylor Burial with the Romans The Romans normally respected the dead. But not always. Alison Taylor reports on mutilation, child sacrifice, burial alive and other such practices For most of us, Roman culture is a byword for civilisation in an otherwise 'barbarian' ancient world. When we think of the Romans, what springs to mind are their achievements in art and literature, architecture, engineering, law - and all the rest. Yet the undeniable sophistication of the Romans has led many archaeologists to expect civilised treatment of the dead. When excavating cemeteries in Roman Britain, we go to huge lengths to explain away...
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08/06/2005 4:19:08 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
To: SunkenCiv
Interesting. What I'm wondering is if the burial site in the initial article reflected a Roman practice or something from Celtic culture in an area the Romans happened to be occupying. I should review Golden Bough to see if that discusses any decapitation rituals among the Romans.
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08/06/2005 3:47:17 PM PDT
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Fedora
To: Fedora
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08/06/2005 5:24:21 PM PDT
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Ciexyz
(Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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