Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from space

[bfdd]

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/09/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space.html

This is one of the more awesome things I've read lately. Indiana Jones plot anyone?

 

[cheezy321]

 

[highland145]

Ozzy probably dropped him in a drugged haze.

 

[Printer Bandit]

the more i think about it, the swastika is a nice looking symbol.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

the more i think about it, the swastika is a nice looking symbol.

If you draw a circle on top it looks like a man running.

 

[Fritzo]

LOL- expecting a crackpot article, turns out it was made from a meteorite.

 

[Connoisseur]

the more i think about it, the swastika is a nice looking symbol.

well it's a symbol of good or purity in eastern religions. At least it WAS until the Nazi's coopted it. You can still probably find it in the homes of a lot of Indians/Asians.

 

[bfdd]

LOL- expecting a crackpot article, turns out it was made from a meteorite.

Just a great headline, actually a fascinating piece of history.

 

[clamum]

well it's a symbol of good or purity in eastern religions. At least it WAS until the Nazi's coopted it. You can still probably find it in the homes of a lot of Indians/Asians.

Indeed. Isn't it supposed to be a representation of the sun or something like that?

 

[IronWing]

Buddhists in Spaaaaace!

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

 

[twinrider1]

LOL- expecting a crackpot article, turns out it was made from a meteorite.

Me too. Had my face palm, roll-my-eyes-at-this-moron expression all ready to go.
It was like being Rick-Rolled....I was science-rolled.

I wonder if they knew it was from a meteorite or just found it on the ground and used it.

 

[manimal]

the sculpture looks like hes doing the riverdance

 

[Crono]

In the fraction of a millisecond that my brain was "previewing" the title before fully processing it, I read that as "Buddhist Iron Man fights Nazis from space". I am slightly disappointed. Cool find, though.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Buddhists in Spaaaaace!

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

"In space, no one can hear you clap"

 

[Childs]

While a Buddhist statue is nice, I kinda wish they used the meteorite to make a sword for an emperor or something.

 

[SSSnail]

well it's a symbol of good or purity in eastern religions. At least it WAS until the Nazi's coopted it. You can still probably find it in the homes of a lot of Indians/Asians.

Wrong. The Buddhist swastika spins one way, Nazi swastika is the reverse of it.

 

[rommelrommel]

Me too. Had my face palm, roll-my-eyes-at-this-moron expression all ready to go.
It was like being Rick-Rolled....I was science-rolled.

I wonder if they knew it was from a meteorite or just found it on the ground and used it.

It suggests that since it was so hard and very difficult to sculpt that they likely knew something about its origin.

 

[IronWing]

While a Buddhist statue is nice, I kinda wish they used the meteorite to make a sword for an emperor or something.

They did make purbas out of meteoric iron. Not swords, but nailing demons to the ground is still pretty badass.

 

[Triumph]

man, the nazis did it all. first jet fighter, first rocket, almost an A bomb, now we find out that they were conducting archeological experiments in space.

i wonder if they found the horgon. i seek jamaharon.

 

[disappoint]

Looks like he's fapping. He belongs with Mohammed.

 

[Childs]

They did make purbas out of meteoric iron. Not swords, but nailing demons to the ground is still pretty badass.

lol thats what was in Uncharted 2. That is pretty bad ass!


Uncharted 2 Phurba reproduction by desaunayflorian, on Flickr