sep7agon
News
Flood
Serious
Gaming
Septagon
Menu
News
The Flood
Serious
Gaming
Septagon
Login
Sign up
Advanced Search
Search Members
Welcome, guest! Please
login
or
register
!
Sep7agon
Forum List
The Flood
Ancient bone armor discovered in Sibera
Ancient bone armor discovered in Sibera
Big Boss
|
Mythic
Card Master
more |
XBL:
Badman Kakarot
PSN:
GurrenSwagann
Steam:
ID:
Big Boss
IP:
Logged
13,961 posts
Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Doing research for a uni project and I came across this. Felt like sharing.
The discovery of 4,000-year-old Siberian knight armor made of bone
In September this year, archaeologists in Russia reported on the discovery of a suit of armor made entirely of bone, which belonged to an ancient Siberian knight who lived around four millennia ago. The Siberian Times reported that the stunning discovery was found in near-perfect condition and is the only example of bone armor found in the Siberian city of Omsk.
The armor consists of different plates made up of small fragments of bone that have been joined together. Testing is being conducted to determine the type or types of animals that the bone came from, but it is suspected to be from deer, elk, and/or horse. Analyses are yet to determine its exact age but Siberian archaeologists say it dates back up to 3,900 years.
Yury Gerasimov, a research fellow of the Omsk branch of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, said that the bone armor would have belonged to an elite warrior and would have given “good protection from weapons that were used at the time - bone and stone arrowheads, bronze knives, spears tipped with bronze, and bronze axes”.
The armour was found buried at a depth of 1.5 metres at a site of sanatorium where there are now plans to build a five star hotel. It had been buried on its own rather than alongside a body, which poses a few mysteries. Armor had great material value during the Bronze Age and great care and maintenance was required to keep it in prime condition. Therefore, the fact that it was buried in the ground without being part of a burial, suggests that it may have been some kind of offering. “While there is no indication that the place of discovery of the armor was a place of worship, it is very likely. Armor had great material value. There was no sense to dig it in the ground or hide it for a long time - because the fixings and the bones would be ruined,” said Gerasimov. The Bronze Age bone armor is also inconsistent with the style and trends of the Krotov culture, which inhabited the forest steppe area of Western Siberia, and more closely resembles that of the Samus-Seyminskaya culture, which originated in the area of the Altai Mountains, approximately 1,000 km away, and later migrated to the Omsk region. This has led archaeologists to propose that the suit of armour may be a war trophy, or it could have been a gift or exchange between cultures. The ancient inhabitants of the Altai mountains were not the only ones to use bone armor. The Tlingit, Eskimo and Aleuts are also known to have made weapons and armor out of bone from at least 1,000 years ago, although it likely stems from a tradition going back much further. - See more at:
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-unearth-4000-year-old-siberian-knight-armour-102090#sthash.X4ghuznZ.dpuf
March 19, 2015, 08:54:26 AM
4 liked this
Elegiac
|
Knight of the Limits
more |
XBL:
PSN:
Steam:
ID:
Elegiac
IP:
Logged
23,675 posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFLGrlPi3BQ
They ripped off elder scrolls
March 19, 2015, 09:03:29 AM
2 liked this
Mr. Psychologist
|
Imperial Forum Ninja
more |
XBL:
PSN:
Steam:
ID:
Mr Psychologist
IP:
Logged
17,215 posts
<.<
<_________________<
March 19, 2015, 09:07:32 AM
2 liked this
Big Boss
|
Mythic
Card Master
more |
XBL:
Badman Kakarot
PSN:
GurrenSwagann
Steam:
ID:
Big Boss
IP:
Logged
13,961 posts
Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
When I first read the article title I expected it to look a lot cooler
March 19, 2015, 09:08:14 AM
1 liked this
Tyger
|
Elite Four
Inconceivable!
more |
XBL:
TP_OneThree
PSN:
Tyger_Power
Steam:
ID:
Tyger
IP:
Logged
10,584 posts
The Greeks had bone helmets
March 19, 2015, 09:18:48 AM
Epsira
|
Legendary
Invincible!
more |
XBL:
PSN:
Steam:
interiminitiator
ID:
Epsira
IP:
Logged
4,019 posts
Quote
Ancient bone armor
March 19, 2015, 09:37:35 AM
2 liked this
Big Boss
|
Mythic
Card Master
more |
XBL:
Badman Kakarot
PSN:
GurrenSwagann
Steam:
ID:
Big Boss
IP:
Logged
13,961 posts
Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Quote from: Epsira on March 19, 2015, 09:37:35 AM
Quote
Ancient bone armor
HOI HOI HOI
March 19, 2015, 09:40:59 AM
1 liked this
challengerX
|
custom title
more |
XBL:
PSN:
Steam:
ID:
challengerX
IP:
Logged
41,942 posts
I DONT GIVE A SINGLE -blam!- MOTHER -blam!-ER ITS A MOTHER -blam!-ING FORUM, OH WOW, YOU HAVE THE WORD NINJA BELOW YOUR NAME, HOW MOTHER -blam!-ING COOL, NOT, YOUR ARE NOTHING TO ME BUT A BRAINWASHED PIECE OF SHIT BLOGGER, PEOPLE ONLY LIKE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE NINJA BELOW YOUR NAME, SO PLEASE PUNCH YOURAELF IN THE FACE AND STAB YOUR EYE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A PIECE OF SHIT OF SOCIETY
This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon
®
SecondClass Premium Membership to view.
March 19, 2015, 11:36:31 AM
Hahahaha very funny Zonda
|
p o l l o
more |
XBL:
banjo my honey
PSN:
Steam:
BanjoKazooie
ID:
ねこ
IP:
Logged
18,562 posts
RIP ENDIE
This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon
®
SecondClass Premium Membership to view.
March 19, 2015, 12:58:11 PM
Isara
|
Forum Architect
more |
XBL:
PSN:
Steam:
ID:
Isara
IP:
Logged
2,199 posts
The twist; it's human bones. He killed his enemies, and wore them as trophies, and protection.
March 19, 2015, 02:02:18 PM
Sep7agon
Forum List
The Flood
Ancient bone armor discovered in Sibera