[Faline]

This is what’s left of a man in his early twenties who lived in Ireland sometime between 362 and 175 B.C. He’s just a partial torso and arms, and from the span of the arms they know that he stood about 6 feet 6 inches: exceptionally tall for that time.



He’s known as Old Croghan Man, and he was found in 2003 near Croghan Hill, north of Daingean in Ireland’s County Offaly. Like all bog bodies, his real identity is unknown, but researchers have posited that he was a man of high status. His hands were well manicured, his last meal was wheat and buttermilk (possibly a ritual meal), and in the months leading up to his death he ate lots of meat. He wore a braided leather band and copper amulet around one bicep.

Despite the comfortable life suggested by nice nails and meaty diet, Old Croghan Man did not die a nice death:

He had a defensive wound on his upper left arm where he may have tried to protect himself, and had been bound by a hazel branches (withies) threaded through holes in his upper arms, stabbed in the chest, struck in the neck, decapitated, and cut in half.

http://www.archaeology.org/1005/bogb...n_croghan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Croghan_Man

[zombie-rot420]

All the alcohol has preserved him quite well. Drink on irish.

[Pelle]

Awesome.

Looks like a pretty slim jacket..I'd wear him

[zombie-rot420]

Originally Posted by Pelle ↗

Awesome.

Looks like a pretty slim jacket..I'd wear him

Hahahaha...nice.

[NEVERBACKZ]

Originally Posted by zombie-rot420 ↗

All the alcohol has preserved him quite well. Drink on irish.

[K9Grip]

Very nice leather.

[elizajane]

Anybody know how I can submit a thread from my iPad?....

[**butterflylove**]

Must have been a jerk...y

[Sharon]

Like something Ed Gein would make!

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by elizajane ↗

Anybody know how I can submit a thread from my iPad?....

I`ve done them from my PSP, PS3 and older model mobile, amazing tech when you think about it.