• Nazi statue made from meteorite found.
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[QUOTE][b]BERLIN (AP).[/b]- An ancient Buddhist statue that a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet shortly before World War II was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago. What sounds like an Indiana Jones movie plot appears to have actually taken place, according to European researchers publishing in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science this month. Elmar Buchner of the University of Stuttgart said Thursday the statue was brought to Germany by the Schaefer expedition. The Nazi-backed venture set out for Tibet in 1938 in part to trace the origins of the Aryan race — a cornerstone of the Nazis' racist ideology. The existence of the 10.6-kilogram (23.4-pound) statue, known as "iron man," was only revealed in 2007 when its owner died and it came up for auction, Buchner told The Associated Press. German and Austrian scientists were able to get permission from its new owner, who wasn't disclosed, to conduct a chemical analysis that shows the statue came from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed in the area of what is now the Russian and Mongolian border around 15,000 years ago. The meteorite was officially discovered in 1913, but Buchner said the statue could be 1,000 years old and represent a Buddhist god called Vaisravana. The Nazis were probably attracted to it by a left-facing swastika symbol on its front. The swastika has been used by various cultures throughout the ages, but the Nazis tried to appropriate it as the symbol of their ideology, going so far as to put a right-facing version of it on their red and white flag. Scientists not involved in the study told the AP that the research linking the statue to the meteorite was credible. "Looks like a solid piece of geochemical 'forensic' work," said Qing-Zhu Yin, a researcher in geology at the University of California, Davis. "No terrestrial artifact would generally contain that much nickel content. Chemical elements don't lie." Rhian Jones, an associate professor at the University of New Mexico who specializes in meteorites, said the claim appeared conclusive. "There is a clear and convincing argument that the meteorite the statue is made from is the Chinga iron meteorite," she said. But Yin cast doubt on the claim that the statue represented a Buddhist deity. "I am not a historian. But the 'iron man' does not look like a Buddha to me from my cultural background," he said. "It looks more like a warrior with a sword ... (a) resemblance of Genghis Khan. ... I have never seen a Buddha with a sword or knife." More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=58022#.UGis001HKpA[/url] Copyright © artdaily.org[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.artdaily.org/imagenes/2012/09/30/bud-2.jpg[/IMG]
Quite coincidental that it's got a swastika on it... the swatstika existed long before the Nazis adopted it. Also, the direction of the "spokes" is reversed in the Nazi version IIRC
misleading title
it would be badass if it was made from iridium
That's not a Nazi statue.
Isn't that Swastika backwards and at the wrong angle? Or is it the Tibetan Swastika?
[QUOTE=DrBreen;37860904]it would be badass if it was made from iridium[/QUOTE] Meteorillium-317. The material used for the Super Soldiers' armor in Return to Castle Wolfenstein. [img]http://images.wikia.com/wolfenstein/images/5/55/Ubersoldat.JPG[/img]
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;37860914]Isn't that Swastika backwards and at the wrong angle? Or is it the Tibetan Swastika?[/QUOTE] The latter, which means it has nothing to do with the Nazis, if anything, it's a symbol of peace.
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;37860914]Isn't that Swastika backwards and at the wrong angle? Or is it the Tibetan Swastika?[/QUOTE] The spokes on a Nazi swastika are reversed, and the design rotated 45 degrees.
I was hoping they found some old abandoned bunker in Germany that was sealed up with a big statue of Hitler made of asteroid rocks. Sounds like something he would have had done.
Not a Nazi statue, just a statue the Nazi's found.
[QUOTE=DrBreen;37860904]it would be badass if it was made from iridium[/QUOTE] Orange rarity class mod Class: Nazi +2 Jew killing skill
I posted this article like two days ago with the title "Nazi Buddha originally from space" and the thread was locked, presumably for being a duplicate
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