They should have studied Risk management.
Posted on 03/25/2016 5:30:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase
A battlefield of 3,250 years ago in Germany is yielding remains of wounded warriors, wooden clubs, spear points, flint and bronze arrowheads and bronze knives and swords. The gruesome scene, frozen in time by peat, is unlike anything else from the Bronze Age in Northern Europe, where, researchers thought, large-scale warfare didn’t begin until later. Analysis of the remains of the 130 men, most between ages 20 and 30, found so far shows some may have been from hundreds of kilometers away—Poland, Holland, Scandinavia and Southern Europe.
The hand-to-hand combat of the battle, which may have involved thousands of people and may have taken place in just one day, was brutal, according to an article about archaeological research at the Tollense site in Science magazine. And it involved horses. Today, although the researchers believe they’ve unearthed just 2 to 3 percent of the battlefield, they have found the remains of the humans and of five horses.
But analysis of the remains of the 130 men, most between ages 20 and 30, found so far shows some may have been from hundreds of kilometers away—Poland, Holland, Scandinavia and Southern Europe.
The hand-to-hand combat of the battle, which may have involved thousands of people and may have taken place in just one day, was brutal, according to an article about archaeological research at the Tollense site in Science magazine. And it involved horses. Today, although the researchers believe they’ve unearthed just 2 to 3 percent of the battlefield, they have found the remains of the humans and of five horses.
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No Muslims in the family, but a few really cranky Pressbatirians.....Presbytranians.....Lutherans.
I believe the battlefield represents an early Cruzite / Trumpkin conflict. Just not as bloody.
They should have studied Risk management.
Holy crap. THAT is barbaric and violent warfare. Man to man. Makes you shudder to think of it.
Amazing pictures.
LOL!
We can only hope....
Well, it’s usually real estate, isn’t it?
In the mists of time before the rise of Atlantis....or however that opening phrase of Conan the Barbarian goes....I used to read the comic books.
This was an excellent find and article, I hope they find more funding to excavate more of the area!
Not sure if that is a list of causes in descending order, but I'd't sure as he11 hope not.
Some wit said that human history has been one of long wars with an occasional outbreak of peace.
Re-peating yourself, I see.
That sounds about right to me.
I've never encountered anyone or any text making that assumption.
Just to note in passing that Narmer fought a war that united upper and lower Egypt in about 3100 BC, 1900 years before this.
Probably fighting over which company made the best smoke signal browser.
THe few thousand is an estimate based on the exploration of about 2 to 3% of the battle area and finding 150 bodies and 5 horses. Remember, not everyone died so involvement probably was higher.
After 3000+ years it is impossible to determine the age of these men. Beyond absurd.
Frank Frazetta, please pick up the white courtesy phone!
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