Severed Hands Discovered in Ancient Egypt Palace

LiveScience ^ | August 10th, 2012 | Owen Jarus

[martin_fierro]

in which a soldier would present the cut-off right hand of an enemy in exchange for gold

"Cross my palm ... with palm!"

[martin_fierro]

in which a soldier would present the cut-off right hand of an enemy in exchange for gold

The original Digital Age.

[SunkenCiv]

Screwed up manufacturing as well.

[SunkenCiv]

The gold came from the prints.

[SunkenCiv]

There was no Muzzie-era occupation of the site; also, the surviving texts speak of the practice of getting money for the severed right hand of a dead enemy. And in practice, if the enemy were not dead, cutting off the right hand would probably do it.

[SunkenCiv]

It started when Uncle Fester farted.

[Inyo-Mono]

"There were giants in the earth in those days."

My first thought too. It would be interesting if they could get a DNA sample from one of them.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Approves.

[Monkey Face]

There were no Muslims at that point in history. It is the Quran that teaches to cut off the right hand. The left hand is used for the toilet, and therefore, unclean. If the right hand is severed, it means the person cannot eat, as to use the left hand in a communal dish would defile the meal.

The thief is therefore an outcast in society and usually goes off somewhere to die, or live life alone and unseen, often being forced to steal to survive.

[Monkey Face]

Mohammed didn’t disgrace the earth with his presence until around 700 AD. No Muslims before then.

[mikrofon]

This practice shows the calloused disregard for life in those days, and what some would do if you didn’t knuckle under to their rule.

In this instance there were no sailors involved, as all hands would be on deck....

[Sacajaweau]

I wrote Muslim/Arab....The practice of cutting off the hand of a thief precedes Mohammed and is part of the Arab culture. Mohammed just wrote it into his specs....aka...the Quran.

My whole point is these hands may be from thieves who may also be referred to as "enemies" in a broad sense. So interpreting the text correctly may be more important than we think.

[Craftmore]

hey,gimme a hand here would ya?

[bunkerhill7]

These are hand-me-downs war trophies from the Pharaoh`s older brother.

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[MARTIAL MONK]

Bloody wankers.

No...wait...

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LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

/rimshot!

[SunkenCiv]

Nailed it.

[dfwgator]