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Stone Age Skeletons Show Women Were Likely Sacrificed in Mafia-Style Killings, Say Archaeologists
Yahoo! News ^ | Sun, April 21, 2024 | Cameron Manley

Posted on 04/23/2024 10:16:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An archaeological discovery in France has revealed the Stone Age remains of two women thought to have been tortured and sacrificed in a form of murder associated with the Italian Mafia.

Though the remains were discovered in 1985, a study published last week in the journal Science Advances reveals the "atypical" positioning of the bodies. The paper's authors believe the women could have died by "self-strangulation" using a ligature that bound their ankles to their necks. The torture is known as "incaprettamento," a homicide ritual of the Italian Mafia, sometimes used to punish people thought to be traitors.

A third woman was found in a normal burial position nearby. "Killing people with homicidal ligature strangulation has been interpreted as a form of symbolic suicide, as it is the individual who, by strangling themselves, causes their death," said the study's authors.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: fugetaboutit; godsgravesglyphs; incaprettamento; neolithic

1 posted on 04/23/2024 10:16:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Why not use the real source and the real link?


2 posted on 04/23/2024 10:20:22 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: nickcarraway

Should that be more like, “Mafia uses Stone Age killing techniques”?


3 posted on 04/24/2024 12:41:31 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Yeah, that’s more like it.


4 posted on 04/24/2024 2:40:09 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40, then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: nickcarraway

A woman? Are they sure?

EC


5 posted on 04/24/2024 4:58:47 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: nickcarraway

HERETIC!!!!!!!!!!

You know that there is no physical difference in male and female skeletons! How do we know which way their identified themselves?

:)


6 posted on 04/24/2024 5:56:01 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: nickcarraway

7 posted on 04/24/2024 8:29:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: nickcarraway
The constant march of trolls leaves its stupid little echoes once again. Thanks nickcarraway.

8 posted on 04/25/2024 8:46:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (illegitimi non carborundum.)
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