how come otzi the frozen cave guy from like 3300 bc had tattoos

>>18814377
ask an anthropologist.

>>18814380
he was a man not an ant

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Where is the cross located?

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>>18814382

>>18814377
To protect him from arrows

>>18814377
>>>/his/

>>18814377
I've heard that after examining closer the spot had actually been an area affected by arthritis I could be wrong

>>18814382
Legit lold.

>>18814377
We know nothing.
Vanity destroys and kills everything. Keep seeking for guidance.

>>18814439
Seconded. At least some of the tattoos correspond to injuries and areas of joint pain

What? You think modern people are the only ones to cross a couple sticks and think it looks neat? I bet you good money if you raised a kid with no knowledge of anything religious but let him doodle she'd come up with crosses too.

>>18814377
I've heard it was a result of acupuncture, sterilizing the needle with charcoal.

>>18814377
Whatever you think is best.

The cross has always been a significant symbol, it was part of general folklore and mythology picked up by later religions.

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>>18814377

It's accepted that the cross wasn't a symbol of Christianity until the age of Constantine in the 4th century B.C.

If there is a cross tattoo on Otzi it would therefore have a pre-christian symbolism and meaning - which would make sense seeing as its one the oldest symbols in human mythology

>>18814390
how come otzi the frozen Cave guy from like 3300 bc was found dabbing?

>>18815473
Time traveling douche

>>18814377
Probably because little X marks are easy to make?

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>>18814382
Today was a good day.

>>18814377
how come you made this thread and included a picture of some dipshit girl instead of the tattoos you're talking about?

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>>18815473
lol

>>18815700
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/01/30/scientists-mapped-otzi-icemans-61-tattoos/

this article has them all mapped out and has pictures

was otzi roman catholic? were a ancient sardinians christian?

they were seals for the demon he was carrying inside him.

>>18814525
>let him doodle
>she'd come up with crosses
Back to plebbit faggot

>>18814382
HA

>>18814377
>>18815936
Damn, who is this?

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otzi had meat and plants in his belly when he died, suggesting he had to have hunted and been a farmer since there was no trading or stores. how is this possible?

another factoid about otzi is he had arthritis. i have arthritis too

>>18815936
>>18814377
>>18817749
>>18815936

Who is she??

>>18814447
Yes, therapeutic purposes. Crosses existed long before christianity.

>>18814377


Tattoos were used for medical/spiritual reasons; not only to aid healing but to identify areas of he body that were not well, for other doctors to see. Basically your skin was a walking lab report.

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Is Otzi cursed?

Does anybody have hi res pics of Otzi's dick? Most pics showing his whole body are out of focus in THAT area.

>>18817973
Seconding this

>>18818574
4 other people's blood

Otzi was hard as fuck

>>18814382
gave me a good chuckle

>>18818774

Was he, though? >>18818605

>>18818605
it just looks black and flat. but it was definitely big and cut (otzi was cleanly/civilized)

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Anthro student here, the cross is very old, take the Egyptian cross (ankh) for example, obviously related to our modern Christian cross. Pic related

>>18819298
that doesnt really look like a cross at all. it has a circle on top and a fat triangle bottom

>>18814382
God dammit lol

>>18819303
Research it then, its true they're related

>>18819310
im sure theyre related, in the sense that red and green are related (both are colors)

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>>18817973
>>18818733
>>18817665
Hanna Hallysem

>>18815468
This ^

The cross (and its cousin the swastika) is usually a solar symbol, though it can also represent the earth. In more modern currents it usually represents things that have four quarters like the four directions, the four elements, four seasons, etc.

The Christian cross is a solar symbol by context (hint: when do we usually celebrate Christmas?)

>>18814377
this girl is my favorite demen semon

>>18814377
He didn't, at least not the Christian cross I think you're meaning. He had some plus or cross shaped lines tattooed on him, but those were common pagan symbols and are found all over the world from before and after Christianity.

>>18815473
Kill yourself.

Source on the girl?

>>18814377
It's a pretty old symbol and outdates christ obviously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau
Prolly had some sort of faith in reincarnation which is ironic because he's a salty ghost now.

>>18815936
Looks like a damn kid *ugh*

>>18814377

The tattoos are target points for acupuncture. He had a small bundle of needles with him. Someone else would have to needle his back and legs, the tats were a map. They were also a sort of medical report for shaman to understand his illnesses.

Because to have an experiential relationship to God you have rotate your consciousness by 90 degrees. The sign of the cross is the way of freedom.