10-01-2016, 12:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2016, 01:15 PM by Michael Kerr.)
Speaking of fatal injuries due to sharp objects, below is an article in Forbes magazine about a 7th-6th Century BC Scythian/Saka warrior whose body was buried in the Kotais Kurgan in central Kazakhstan. The body had a bronze arrowhead embedded in his spine and the king or noble still lived for some time after receiving this injury apparently. Seems he also had rib injuries from fighting and must have been a tough old rooster.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakill...cc77e27115
The arrowhead lodged in the vertebra: (a) computed tomography generated 3D model, damage of the warhead can be seen.
(b) graphical reconstruction based on computed tomography cross sections (by A. L. Kungurov).
The full article can be requested from the author, Svetlana Tur on Academia.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakill...cc77e27115
The arrowhead lodged in the vertebra: (a) computed tomography generated 3D model, damage of the warhead can be seen.
(b) graphical reconstruction based on computed tomography cross sections (by A. L. Kungurov).
The full article can be requested from the author, Svetlana Tur on Academia.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"