Not to be confused with Ironman Gump who passed away in 2007 from natural causes...
Posted on 03/11/2012 5:10:02 PM PDT by Renfield
Bryan Sitch, curator of archaeology at the museum, said it now appeared the man had been beaten about the head, garrotted and then beheaded
The head of an Iron Age man who died almost 2,000 years ago has been scanned in a Manchester hospital to shed light on how he died.
Worsley Man is thought to have lived around 100 AD when Romans occupied much of Britain.
Since its discovery in a Salford peat bog in 1958, the head has been kept at Manchester Museum on Oxford Road.
The scans at the Manchester Children's Hospital have now revealed more details about his violent death...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Not to be confused with Ironman Gump who passed away in 2007 from natural causes...
Who is this guy, Rasputin. It takes a head beating, strangulation and finally beheading to kill him??!!!!
He was probably a conservative professor applying for tenure in one of their colleges.
CSI: Captain Obvious.
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“Bryan Sitch, curator of archaeology at the museum, said it now appeared the man had been beaten about the head, garrotted and then beheaded.”
The work of early Muslims in Britain???
This was life in western Europe before Christianity.
LOL. That was silly.
An inscription found nearby was translated as follows: “You have to answer for Santino, Carlo.”
“He was probably a conservative professor applying for tenure in one of their colleges.”
LOL! Good one!
Monty Python and the tenure seeking caveman.
Well, there’s no statute of limitations on murder :)
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