Severed hands found in Egyptian palace ruins
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A severed right hand discovered in front of a Hyksos palace at Avaris (modern-day Tell el-Daba) [Credit: Axel Krause/Austrian Archaeological Institute] |
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Right hand found in a pit. It's not known who originally started the custom of cutting off right hands in exchange for gold [Credit: Axel Krause/Austrian Archaeological Institute] |
"You deprive him of his power eternally," Bietak said. "Our evidence is the earliest evidence and the only physical evidence at all. Each pit represents a ceremony."
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The Tel el-Daba excavation site. The palace complex is at the left of the map [Credit: Austrian Archaeological Institute] |
Read the Tell el-Daba 2011 Excavation Report (pdf) here.
Source: News.com.au [August 11, 2012]
How large were these hands? And the sources cited aren't exact, please cite properly so that the info is clear
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