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Anthropology

BootinUp

(49,035 posts) Fri Apr 7, 2023, 08:27 AM Apr 2023

Gruesome cache of severed hands (ancient Egypt) - Ars Technica

Jennifer Ouellette
@JenLucPiquant@universeodon.com
Gruesome cache of severed hands is evidence of trophy-taking in ancient Egypt. It's the first physical bioarchaeological evidence of the practice, which may have served as "symbolic currency for status acquisition." https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1928555

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Gruesome cache of severed hands (ancient Egypt) - Ars Technica (Original Post) BootinUp Apr 2023 OP

They're calling it ceremony Warpy Apr 2023 #1

Your article has much more information than the one I found later than yours. Judi Lynn Apr 2023 #2

Warpy

(113,130 posts)

1. They're calling it ceremony

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Fri Apr 7, 2023, 02:29 PM

Apr 2023

but it could just as easily be punishment for theft, especially tomb robbing by an organized gang specializing in it.

Judi Lynn

(162,385 posts)

2. Your article has much more information than the one I found later than yours.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:50 AM

Apr 2023

I just saw your thread for the first time, after I posted one I found tonight. Sorry for that.

I really appreciate the time and energy the author of the Ars Technica article invested in her piece.

Thank you.

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