Woman's Skeleton Found at Bottom of Prehistoric Well

FOXNews.com ^ | Wednesday, June 14, 2009 | AP via FOXNews.com

[NCDragon]

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Archeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday.

Pavlos Flourentzos, the nation's top antiquities official, said the 16-foot (5-meter) deep cylindrical shaft was found last month at a construction site in Kissonerga, a village near the Mediterranean island nation's southwestern coast.

After the well dried up it apparently was used to dispose trash, and the items found in it included the poorly preserved skeleton of the young woman, animal bone fragments, worked flints, stone beads and pendants from the island's early Neolithic period, Flourentzos said.

The skeleton could be as old as the well itself, but archeologists don't know how the girl died or when and why the skeleton was left there, he said. Radiocarbon dating found the well is between 9,000 to 10,500 years old, he said.

[varmintman]

cold case??

[SIDENET]

I hope they find the perp.

[VRWCmember]

She should have left well enough alone.

[SanFranDan]

You guys area Horrible! But truth be told, you make reading the news, oh so deliciously FUN!!!

[Dumpster Baby]

Tedsuelo Bundyzos

;^)

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Some ancestor of Teddy Kennedy?

[Sacajaweau]

Obviously, she wanted that pendant. It was likely a "cat fight" and she lost....

Hey, my guess is as good as anyone's except they said: "No Grant Money for You!!"

[SIDENET]

Talk about getting the shaft!

[gov_bean_ counter]

She shoulda stopped digging...

[Lurker]

Old bones ping

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now we know the 12th Iman is NOT coming back. Maybe the jihadists can give it a rest.

[massgopguy]

“Seven days.”

[massgopguy]

“Seven days.”

[Sacajaweau]

It is a deep subject.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> but archeologists don’t know how the girl died or when and why the skeleton was left there

Arkancide? Did it look like an accident?

[SIDENET]

"9000 B.C. Hide and Seek World Champion."

[SIDENET]

It is a deep subject.

Well worth researching.

[evets]

[knarf]

"Old bones ping"

Hey ... leave me out of this!

[agere_contra]

There’s a video tape that was recorded at the scene. I watched it seven days ago.

Ah hang on, the phone’s ringing.

[RJS1950]

Some ancestor of Teddy Kennedy?

Nawww. The Kennedys crawled out of the low end of the gene pool, not some deep well.

[RJS1950]

Oops! Forgot to add, The killer whale crawled out of a shallow tidal pool and left the girl to die.

[Nathan Zachary]

After the well dried up it apparently was used to dispose trash, and the items found in it included the poorly preserved skeleton of the young woman,

Or, the well was abandoned after the water became rancid because there was a dead woman in it.

The skeleton could be as old as the well itself, but archeologists don't know how the girl died or when and why the skeleton was left there, he said. Radiocarbon dating found the well is between 9,000 to 10,500 years old, he said.

How about death by drowning? makes sense yeah? Why was the skeleton left there? Gezz, there's brain twister....

And carbon dating is completely inaccurate, and doesn't even work on things under 15,000 years old. For all they know, it's probably a 100 year old well.

[Mentos]

Probably burned the mastodon roast again

[calex59]

I was thinking more along the lines of Bones!:)

[Larry Lucido]

Does she have any cisterns?

[Deaf Smith]

Do they suspect that this is the work of a serial killer?

[Natufian]

“And carbon dating is completely inaccurate, and doesn’t even work on things under 15,000 years old. For all they know, it’s probably a 100 year old well. “

LOL!

[Dumpster Baby]

Does she have any cisterns?

LOL, not bad.

[jwparkerjr]

re: Talk about getting the shaft!

Thanks for jogging my memory. Made me head off to Napster and listen to Jerry Reed’s “She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft”. I like the line, “They split it right down the middle, and she got the better half!”

[Fractal Trader]

GGG ping

[Merlinator]

you beat me to that reply LOL

[Sacajaweau]

Several cisterns apparently....The local dudes mentioned the size of the jugs they had seen

[Jewbacca]

"Do they suspect that this is the work of a serial killer?"

Yes, he calls himself "Kurgan:"

[Red in Blue PA]

Woman's Skeleton Found at Bottom of Prehistoric Well


(Surprised I am the 1st to post this!)

[A Texan]

Damn you Red in Blue PA, damn you to hell!!!

[DejaJude]

For some reason, I’m thinking of the 300 movie.

[Buck W.]

An early ancestor of Jessica McClure, it would seem.

[dfwgator]

Maybe she was Jewish and they took Borat's lyrics literally.

[SunkenCiv]

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[colorado tanker]

Maybe she was really, really thirsty. The well *is* dry, after all.

Went to the well once too often.

[ApplegateRanch]

Archeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday.

Pavlos Flourentzos, the nation's top antiquities official, said the 16-foot (5-meter) deep cylindrical shaft

World's first attempt at a Sweet-16 party?

[ApplegateRanch]

Or, the well was abandoned after the water became rancid because there was a dead woman in it.

Ding, dong, bell,
Pussy's in the well!
Who put her in?
We swore to never tell.

[silverleaf]

very cold case!

[silverleaf]

or that the 12th imam will come back as a woman...

And boy will she be ticked when she has to wear a headscarf or be beaten by religious police..

[SunkenCiv]

:’D Well, that will make the censor’s head spin around.