Saturday, March 23, 2019

Flint arrowhead embedded in an upper arm bone. From the battle at Tollense River, Germany. 1250 BC


Imagine the force needed to penetrate the muscle and embed the arrow head that deep in the bone.  I wonder how far the bowman was when he let the arrow fly?

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  1. See that pitting? The poor SOB died of infection. Long slow & painful. If they had anyway to dope him (opium & belladonna in those days) they could have chipped the bone away and got that rock out. He might even have lived. They didn't. So he didn't.---Ray

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  2. Gives you a whole new appreciation for the phrase "Taking an arrow to the knee."

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