Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
I came across another archaeological find over the weekend.

The find occured when a hill was being excavated. As the hill was being excavated, the team uncovered what appeared to be a body standing up.
The initial investigation was launched so as to ascertain why a body was buried in a standing position and it was thought that some Celtic soldiers were buried standing to attention.

However a carbon test revealed the remains to be a lot older and revealed their own story.

The remains arethought to be that off the original Irish people. A mysterious race that little is known about. They either integrated with the Celts or we're exterminated thousands of years ago.
They came ito conflict with the arriving Celts and as the Celts were more aggressive or war competent, they were forced to live on the backfoot.

In this particular scenario, the remains are supposed to be that of a man who dug a small tunnel into the side of the hill (maybe twelve feet in. He then made a chamber in which he could stand and dwell for a short period of time. He would reside here while being chased and attempt to draw his pursuers into the cavern. As they would follow him crawling he would then stab them in the neck as the crawled into the cavern which he would have entered earlier.
IUt is supposed that this man was either suffocated through the use of smoke or the entrance was blocked, serving him a torturous death.
Lovely.
That would be impressive even for a hobbit. HA ha. does anyone remember the story about the guy in Kansas who was tired of taxes or his house burned down (I cant remember the reason) but he lived in a big hole in the ground.