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- zpchrish, on 12/18/2008, -1/+40i digg history
- ho0ber, on 12/18/2008, -1/+9This is happy - it's an incredible find that could potentially tell us a lot more about the history of that time and place.
- Popinfreshness, on 12/18/2008, -0/+8I digg people digging history
- Asianwaste, on 12/18/2008, -0/+6INFANTry?
- murk, on 12/18/2008, -5/+11I clicked this link thinking it said "soldier babies".
I am disappointed - compgeek, on 12/18/2008, -0/+6always interesting to see more ancient history like this come to light
- puppyfox, on 12/18/2008, -1/+7Italy was first famous for bottled water, now it's also noted for the bottled dead babies.
Man, that was wrong. - stormofswords, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Yeah, noone said it because the grave is on the island of Siciliy, not in Greece.
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -1/+6it was on the news this mroing
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5I dunno, I blame the Carthaginians that killed them.
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Heh, the Carthaginians used to sacrifice babies to Ba'al (Allegedly). I suppose these were "Ready Made Sacrifices"?
- Pixelante, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Because they didn't have cans back then.
- Mujokan, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4I blame Dido. Who lets a depressing singer-songwriter found a city-state in the ancient Mediterranean? I ask you.
- Chongo, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4only a *Carthaginian* would come back to life now and choose New York! Tasty pick, bonehead! If you had brain one in that huge melon on top of your neck, you would be living the sweet life out in Southern California's beautiful San Fernando Valley!
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -1/+5Dug and Dugg.
- Rikkochet, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4LOL
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4I digg people digging people digging history
- skoles, on 12/18/2008, -1/+4In other news: Secret underground army of zombie soldier babies found.
- Mujokan, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3If you conquered a city and you decided you want to slaughter everyone in it -- partly for politics and partly to pay your army -- who was going to stop you? The Red Cross?
- clyde2801, on 12/19/2008, -0/+3Frescos or it didn't happen.
- MazdaEric, on 12/18/2008, -1/+4It's crazy how violent those ancient battles were - higher body counts than a Rambo movie
- CyberSmackdown, on 12/18/2008, -7/+9Who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back?
- 8bitflu, on 12/18/2008, -1/+2I blame carcinogens.
- Rikkochet, on 12/18/2008, -1/+2I've honestly never looked for a silver lining in discovering a mass grave.
But point ceded - I suppose it is helpful. - forceuser, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1I digg people digging people digging people who digg history.
- 8bitflu, on 12/18/2008, -1/+2I sure hope so, I HATE babies - I'd run away from em.
- Pixelante, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1Wasn't it Moloch?
- cvraider7, on 12/18/2008, -2/+3Undeniable Proof: Italian soldiers eat babies.
- jakatak, on 12/18/2008, -2/+3I can't even imagine digging this up. It's got to be disturbing to find a grave of this magnitude.
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1Really? I'm not sure whether that's awesome or not.
- graemee, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1The dead soldiers, lost and the winners would kill the babies for ***** and giggles. Well actually "infant mortality was very high at the times"
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -1/+2Apparently, the Numidians.
- o0joshua0o, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1It's not.
- BlueDjinn, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1Oh come on--yeah, I know it's Italy, but that was the first thing I thought of when I read the summary as well. Sheesh, lighten up!
- ramzavala, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1wow, please tell me you're trolling.
- infiniphunk, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1how do you get a hundred dead babies into the back of a truck?
- AQMessiah, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1It was still a Greek colony in Italy.
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -1/+2Umm, according to Roman sources, the Carthaginians sacrificed babies to Ba'al.
- jjfac, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1lol. lol lol lol. digg digg lol. lol lol lol lol digg.
- CDollars, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1Why were the dead babies bottled ?
- pfhayter, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1Yes is the answer to your question. During the war with Cartha metals became a scarce commodity and the Greeks would use slats of wood to encase an infant (as graemee stated infant mortality was high and thus babies were readily available). Affixed to the end of the newly reinforced small person would be a makeshift handle and the finished product was the approximate length and weight of the Greek broad sword and thus was used in its stead.
Of course this was an incrediably short sighted approach as not only were the babies incapable of absorbing much force the resulting weapons were natorisly unbalanced or uniform. This was perhaps one of the darkest moment in the Greek campaigns and I'm certain this new discovery will validate this.
For more on the Greek civilization and its technology consult your local library. - sadisticmind, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/ ...
the 3rd one from the left creeps me out - sadisticmind, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1i digg the dead... *creepy stare*
- Pixelante, on 12/18/2008, -0/+0You don't want some Carthaginian spook messing around with your TV set, dude.
- LordPhoenyx, on 12/18/2008, -2/+2and now the dead baby jokes
- Pixelante, on 12/18/2008, -0/+0No, they chew and spit them.
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