Posted on 01/07/2006 3:02:22 PM PST by blam
Think we could get Kennedy, Kerry, Schumer, Murtha and Klinton to go to the bogs :))
"My belief is that these burials are offerings to the gods of fertility by kings to ensure a successful reign"
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Naaah. Dese guys knew too much, thassall. We hadda do 'em in. They mighta talked to da cops, ya see.
Photos of more bog people here:
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/bog/violence1.html
(Click on thumbnails to see larger pics.)
Hence the term, "Boggles the mind".
Why torture some poor schmuck you're sacrificing to the gods? Isn't it more likely these are trespassers, poachers, thieves, criminals, victims of feuds, wars, conflicts of various kinds, etc.? Just wondering about the ever pervasive explanation that seems to claim that almost every ancient corpse ever found was a person who was sacrificed to the gods... Surely, there were other causes of death back then, lol?
Since these aboriginal Irishmen might be ancestors of my tribe, I demand the remains be handed over to me for reburial in a secret location. Scientists may not take any pictures or study the remains. (Sarcasm for those familiar with U.S. law on Indian remains and artifacts.)
I agree. P.V. Glob's "The Bog People" has nice photos of some Iron Age carcasses in which the victim was strangled to death using (presumably) the rope still tied around the neck. Death by hanging?
I had the same thoughts. It is always a sacrifice when they find these bodies, as if they really have a clue as to why they were killed. Maybe they were just murdered and the bog was a good place to dump the bodies and get away with it.
Dang, and I thought I was "bogged down" today.
No, no, no. That's BOG man - not hog man.
If my dog had a face like that, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards.
Whachew lookinat?
Don't want to come to the defense of pagan religions, but academia's definitely got it in for religion. Wants to blame every bad thing that ever happened on it. I think most of these murdered bog people were probably thieves and bandits, or the victims of thieves and bandits. In other words, the precursors of our modern socialists are to blame for almost every bad thing that ever happened!
I just finished this about a modern murder being mistaken for a bog body.
OH! That was just wrong....
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