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Deer skulls with carved eyeholes dating to 11,000 years ago have been discovered at Star Carr Mesolithic archaeological site about five miles (8.0 km) south of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. [948x526]

Eshøj Men

The Eshøj Man is an incredibly well preserved body of a 50 year old man found in Borum Eshøj, Denmark. His body is still so intact that he still has muscles and clothing. But another body was found at the same place as well, that of a 20 year old male, also extremely well preserved with clothing, artifacts and hair.

Both bodies date back to the Nordic bronze age, a time period during which the Germanic culture was fully in development. The oak tree coffins of both males are dated somewhere around 1350BC.

The old man was wearing a hat, cloak, kilt and a belt. All clothing, except the belt of course, were made from wool. The younger male was dressed in a cloak and kilt made from wool as well. Looking at their clothes and other clothing found from the Nordic bronze age we can clearly see that the climate must have been a lot warmer than nowadays.

The younger male was also buried with a bronze dagger in a wooden scabberd, a comb, button and a bone needle. These two incredibly well preserved bodies are a true treasure for those interested to see how the Proto-Germanic people would have looked like.

Quite a difference from bronze age kilt-wearing people to long pants and cloaks to protect the Germanics against the fierce cold of the iron age. It’s fascinating how the climate changed so quickly. What could have caused such a rapid change? During the bronze age it was even possible to produce wine in Denmark.

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Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek: “Kai su, teknon” (which Shakespeare turned into the Latin “Et tu Brute?”). It literally means “You too, child,” but what Caesar may have intended by the words isn’t clear. Tempest cites “an important article” by James Russell (1980) “that has often been overlooked”. Russell points out that the words kai su often appear on curse tablets, and suggests that Caesar’s putative last words were not “the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son” but more along the lines of “See you in hell, punk.”