Khazar-khum Wrote:
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> Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> > Possibly. In addition to that there are the
> > legendary fox hunts in England with 10,000
> dogs a
> > few hundred horseman all chasing after one
> scared
> > to death fox. Who after he's killed got his
> tail
> > ceremoniously cut off iirc. I know there is
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> > bas-relief sculpture of an Assyrian lion
> hunting
> > expedition with a beautifully rendered
> lioness
> > dying shot full of arrows. My only feeling is
> that
> > I would like to see the actual cat scans
> > themselves rather than listening to experts
> > disclose their findings in a the newspaper
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> And what would that CAT scan prove, exactly?

Surely you jest? Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I would like them to publish the pictures of that they've taken. And what it prove exactly? It could prove whether there was a blunt force fracture such as getting hit with a war club. This would be proven by looking for a "percussion" fracture where the break radiates away like a spider web. Or A sharp instrument fracture such as getting hit with the edge of a sword this could be shown by a sharp V shaped cut to the bone. In addition to that with a little judicious number crunching you can determine the angle and speed of the blow and hence whether he got clobbered by a Hittite warrior with his war axe. Or whether it was a linear fracture when the bone cracks at point "A" and then splintering the way a board will split when it's hit on it's axial point. Again perhaps strengthening the thrown from a chariot scenario. In addition to that we would know exactly where he got hit, in the front back or the side of the knee, or leg. As the old wheeze goes a pix is worth a thousand words, in this case it would be worth a few dozen volumes. And no I'm not exaggerating. It's only limited by your imagination and I've got a good one.
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> If there's dirt in the wound, he was injured
> outside? But what of the traces of cloth?

That might be answered by the CAT scans.

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> Fox hunts don't involve nearly that many people,
Rick. Ever.

I was being facetious. Maybe I should put a smiley face after it next time

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