Posted on 08/02/2009 9:05:41 AM PDT by Doogle
A well-preserved 4,500-year-old skeleton of a man was found on a beach south of Rome, Italian police told Reuters.
The man is believed to be a warrior killed by an arrow in the chest, Reuters reported.
Six small vases were also found buried near the man.
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Ping!
LOL. I wish that would happen to all the terrorists when they shoot their AKs into the sky.
a hit made to look like suicide.
dang- they thought all this time the guy was some fanatic tanner
Forsterilius
If this guy had Obamacare, he would still be with us today.
A skeleton was discovered from an airplane? on a beach?
A six-pack....What’s so unusual about that!!
speed bump
early deadhead.
Skeleton was discovered by an air patrol! Was the skeleton uncovered by the tide? Were they using ground penetrating radar?... Or what? I’d like to know more about that.
Forgot the sunblock.
drank it
ROME — Archaeologists have found the skeleton of a warrior from up to 5,000 years ago floating in a tomb filled with sea water on a beach near Rome, Italy’s art squad said Sunday.
The bones—believed to date from the 3rd millennium BC—were discovered in May as art hunters were carrying out routine checks of the region’s archaeological areas, Carabinieri art squad official Raffaele Mancino said.
Archaeologists believe the warrior was likely killed by an arrow, part of which was found among his ribs, Mancino said. There was also a hole in the back of the skull, and six vases and two daggers were found buried nearby.
The tomb of the warrior, nicknamed “Nello” after the archaeologist who found him, could be part of a wider necropolis lying just a few steps from the sea, Mancino told a news conference.
“We will check the area to see whether this tomb is isolated and the warrior was buried here because this was the battlefield where he died,” Mancino said. “Or maybe there is a bigger necropolis, as we indeed believe.”
The tomb, hidden in the bushes on a public beach in Nettuno, about 65 kilometers south of Rome, was excavated in less than one day to preserve it from sea water erosion, Mancino said. Part of it has already been damaged.
The warrior’s bones will be examined and eventually put on display, officials said.
The beach remains open, though the area of the discovery has been cordoned off.
Well now that her husband is dead, beware of ads in the personal section, “Widow ISA Older Man for possible Relationship. No photos needed. “
parsy.
6....half a dozen...6 wings & a six pack...that makes sense...Warrior or a Ted Kennedy???
Would you hit it?
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