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Who stabbed Ginger in the back? Scan reveals 5,500-year-old murder mystery...
Daily Mail ^
| Friday, November 16, 2012
| Mark Prigg and Damien Gayle
Posted on 11/17/2012 6:45:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Daniel Antoine, the museum's expert on human remains, told The Times: ..."The force is such that the blade would have penetrated through his lung."
...Examinations also showed he was a young man, aged between just 18 and 20 when he was killed, and impressively muscled.
Mr Antoine said he believes a lack of defensive wounds suggest Ginger was the victim of a surprise attack.
A blade of copper or sharpened flint at least 5in long and 0.7in wide made the injury, he said...
Professor Anders Persson of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), a Forensic Radiology expert, who also uses the virtual autopsy system for criminal and accident cases in Sweden, confirmed the British Museum's assessment that the force of the blow was such that it also shattered the rib immediately below the shoulder blade, embedding bone fragments into his muscle tissue, and injuring the left lung and surrounding blood vessels.
The absence of any signs of healing and the severity of the injuries suggest that this can be considered the cause of death.
The body, the London museum's most popular attraction after the Rosetta Stone, has rarely been moved since first being put on display in 1901.
- Ginger, named for his red hair, was found to have been killed by a stab wound on his back after a 3D post-mortem using medical scans
- Visitors can see the scans and use a touch screen to look inside his body to see if there are any other clues about his life and death
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; neolithic
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Shattered bones: This scan image shows how Gingers ribs splintered into his soft tissue after the blade was plunged into his back
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posted on
11/17/2012 6:45:37 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/17/2012 6:53:35 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: SunkenCiv
Who stabbed Ginger in the back? Well, it was Colonel Mustard and it occurred in the library. Now you can sleep, Sunky. (LOL!)
To: SunkenCiv
I think it was Mr Howell myself.I never trusted that guy...or “Lovie”.
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posted on
11/17/2012 6:57:58 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
To: SunkenCiv
Not knife, it was probably a spear in the back.
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posted on
11/17/2012 6:58:45 AM PST
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
Another post-election Conservative...
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posted on
11/17/2012 7:18:28 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: Gay State Conservative
Did any of the “men” on that island EVER ONCE make a play for Ginger or Mary Ann? And they say the first openly homo character on tv came about in the 90s!
To: SunkenCiv
It was self-defense.
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posted on
11/17/2012 7:25:49 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: SunkenCiv
Mary-Ann. I never quite trusted her...
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11/17/2012 7:29:23 AM PST
by
null and void
(America - Abducted by Aliens...)
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11/17/2012 8:29:48 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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11/17/2012 8:30:44 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: BunnySlippers; momtothree; Gay State Conservative; central_va; Smokin' Joe; Doctor 2Brains; ...
I could see why someone would stab Ginger.
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11/17/2012 9:09:25 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/17/2012 9:12:18 AM PST
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central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
I always liked Mary Ann better, anyway...
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posted on
11/17/2012 9:25:59 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: BunnySlippers
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posted on
11/17/2012 9:36:12 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Gay State Conservative; Dr. Sivana
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posted on
11/17/2012 9:37:38 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Dr. Sivana
Are we sure she wasn't doing the stabbing . . .
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posted on
11/17/2012 9:43:18 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
To: SunkenCiv
Ginger?
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posted on
11/17/2012 9:46:08 AM PST
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: SunkenCiv
It was Sir Gingerman with an umbrella on the moors.
Point Here.
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11/17/2012 11:03:01 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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