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6,500 year old skeleton found in Bulgaria with some of the World's oldest Gold (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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We will NOT be taking about the dick cap and that is non negotiable folks

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

wood decomposes

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's why it had a gold cap on.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

🤔

😯🤣

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly. What would your guess be, why it was stood upright, skywards, instead of laying by his side like many other tools in burials?
Or was it just the axe head? I can imagine it being a cultural thing not to point the blade towards the deceased, so it's pointed towards his feet. But this position is a bit weird if it had a handle.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

My guess is that it was lying flat on top of him and when the wood decomposed and lost it's weight, the head rolled to the side.