[MR] Re: *WH* The Amesbury Archer

[rmhowe]

nikulai at mochamail.com wrote:
>
> Poster: nikulai at mochamail.com
> As reported on NPR's All Things Considered last night and from
> http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/amesbury/archer.html
>
> "The grave of a man dating to around 2,300BC was discovered three
> miles from Stonehenge by Wessex Archaeology staff in May 2002. His
> grave was the richest from this period (the early Bronze Age) ever
> found in Britain and contained the country’s first gold objects."
>
> Quite the fascinating read, even if there is a lot of supposition...

Yeah, and I read this week they think he's from Switzerland or
the austrian/german alps due to the chemistry of his tooth enamel.

Magnus