http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19735959
Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite
An ancient Buddhist statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite.
Researchers say the 1,000-year-old object with a swastika on its stomach is made from a rare form of iron with a high content of nickel.
They believe it is part of the Chinga meteorite, which crashed about 15,000 years ago.
The findings appear in the Journal, Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
The 24cm (9-inch) tall statue is 10kg (22lb) and is called the Iron Man.
Origins unknown
The story of this priceless object owes more perhaps to an Indiana Jones film script than sober scientific research.
It was discovered in Tibet in 1938 by German scientist Ernst Schafer. His expedition was supported by the Nazis, in particular by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. Himmler was said to believe the Aryan race originated in Tibet and was keen to recover objects from the area.
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Iron Sky meets Indiana Jones. You couldn't make it up?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
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Thing is, I heard about this in the '70s, from a former SS man living in Bangkok.Atheist-Lite wrote:Iron Sky meets Indiana Jones. You couldn't make it up?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Thing is, I heard about this in the '70s, from a former SS man living in Bangkok.Atheist-Lite wrote:Iron Sky meets Indiana Jones. You couldn't make it up?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
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Naturally I didn't believe him about hunting Aryans in Tibet, so I wrote a friend of mine, a high school classmate who was an NROTC student at Indiana U. He did some digging and confirmed that the Thule Society was doing this. Still not sure the guy I talked too was a real SS man, but the details were accurate.
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Damn, the obvious reference is spoken for.Atheist-Lite wrote:Iron Sky meets Indiana Jones. You couldn't make it up?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Now we're getting places.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Thing is, I heard about this in the '70s, from a former SS man living in Bangkok.Atheist-Lite wrote:Iron Sky meets Indiana Jones. You couldn't make it up?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
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