[blam]

GGG Ping.

[mewzilla]

elite members of society

Before and/or after their deaths?

[stands2reason]

"All of the bog bodies were members of the elite, Oldcroghan man had no wear on his hands, had manicured fingernails, Clonycavan man is able to afford expensive hair gel brought in from Spain. So these are members of the elite, they are not slaves, they are not prisoners of war.

Ancient metrosexuals?

I guess their murders should be considered "Hate crimes" then? ;-)

[Mr. Jeeves]

Maybe we should pick up this tradition and sacrifice a few Senators at each Presidential Inauguration. ;)

[madison10]

Bog bodies were society's elite...or maybe that's what they did to Congressional-types who didn't do what the people wanted.

[martin_fierro]

Bog Bodies Found Were Society's Elite

Bad Marty! BAD!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"All of the bog bodies were members of the elite, Oldcroghan man had no wear on his hands, had manicured fingernails, Clonycavan man is able to afford expensive hair gel brought in from Spain. So these are members of the elite, they are not slaves, they are not prisoners of war."

Obviously ancient Kennedy Clan members. ;)

[Candor7]

Young female bog body, dubbed "Yde Girl", from the Netherlands. The remains of this 16-year old child, who lived in the first century A.D.

Cat scan reconstruction of Yde Girl.Spooky.

Ref:http://www.civilization.ca/media/docs/fsbog01e.html

[joem15]

Did they have Tullamore Dew back in those days? That may explain the curled up fetal position and shiny skin. I've felt like that many times on a Sunday morning after an evening with the Dew.

[dljordan]

"The idea of somebody taking this sort of pride in their appearance, this sort of attention to detail, shows it is not a modern concept,"

A pre-historic poofter?

[monkapotamus]

"The bodies fit in, in that they are also offerings, they are offerings to the territorial gods or goddesses but they may also at a practical level have represented the elimination of perhaps failed candidates for kingship or deposed kings," said Mr Kelly on the two bodies discovered in bogs at Oldcroghan, Co Offaly and Clonycavan, Co Meath.

5,000 years from now they'll be digging up suburban homes in what was the United States and claim that our outdoor grills were a place to offer sacrifices to our God. (After all, when they see the indoor electric stove why would they possibly imagine that we would cook outside over fire?)

[Caramelgal]

I’d like to see some of the so-called “elite” members of our society thrown into bogs. Hillary, Paris Hilton, the Kennedy’s, Dan Rather, Tom Cruise, Bradagelina, …..I think we need a bigger bog.

Seriously. Very cool. I’m interested in and very fascinated by the history & pre-history of Europe, especially England; from Stonehenge to the Romans through the Renaissance.

[blam]

Iron Ahe 'Bog Bodies' Unveiled

[nopardons]

bttt

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Bog bodies found were society's elite***

did they have democrats toDwage class warefare?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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