pdogg Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Seems like there were ladyboys back in the Bronze Age! Although this article from the London Telegraph refers to a gay caveman we're not talking about macho types such as the Construction Worker or Indian Chief from the Village People. It appears archeological evidence uncovered the remains of a genetic man who lived as a woman, in other words, a ladyboy. Archaeologists have unearthed the 5,000-year-old remains of what they believe may have been the world's oldest known gay caveman. The male body – said to date back to between 2900-2500BC – was discovered buried in a way normally reserved only for women of the Corded Ware culture in the Copper Age. The skeleton was found in a Prague suburb in the Czech Republic with its head pointing eastwards and surrounded by domestic jugs, rituals only previously seen in female graves. "From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," said lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova. "Far more likely is that he was a man with a different sexual orientation, homosexual or transsexual," she added. According to Corded Ware culture which began in the late Stone Age and culminated in the Bronze Age, men were traditionally buried lying on their right side with their heads pointing towards the west, and women on their left sides with their heads pointing towards the east. Both sexes would be put into a crouching position. The men would be buried alongside weapons, hammers and flint knives as well as several portions of food and drink to accompany them to the other side. Women would be buried with necklaces made from teeth, pets, and copper earrings, as well as jugs and an egg-shaped pot placed near the feet. "What we see here doesn't add up to traditional Corded Ware cultural norms. The grave in Terronska Street in Prague 6 is interred on its left side with the head facing the West. An oval, egg-shaped container usually associated with female burials was also found at the feet of the skeleton. None of the objects that usually accompany male burials  such as weapons, stone battle axes and flint knives  were found in the grave. "We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a 'transsexual' or 'third gender grave' in the Czech Republic," archaeologist Katerina Semradova told a press conference on Tuesday. She said that archeologists had uncovered an earlier case dating from the Mesolithic period where a female warrior was buried as a man. She added that Siberian shamans, or latter-day witch doctors, were also buried in this way but with richer funeral accessories to appropriate to their elevated position in society. "But this later discovery was neither of those, leading us to believe the man was probably homosexual or transsexual," Semeradova said. The Corded Ware culture takes its name from the frequent use of decorative cord impressions found its pots and covered much of North, Central and Eastern Europe. It is also known as a single-grave and battleaxe culture due to separate burials and the Mena s habit of being buried with stone axes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williethepimp Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 great find PD- jeez-i never knew you read the Telegraph...i'd have thought you were more of a Guardian man.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Their descendants can still be seen occasionally in the bushes near Pattaya beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdogg Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Their descendants can still be seen occasionally in the bushes near Pattaya beach. Talk about going off the beaten track! Indiana Bumblebee went off on an exploratory mission and uncovered a rare find! :startle: Willie, I'm a New York Times man, not sure what paper I'd read if I were across the pond. Is there one with naked pics? :D The Caeveladyman: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williethepimp Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Talk about going off the beaten track! Indiana Bumblebee went off on an exploratory mission and uncovered a rare find! :startle: Willie, I'm a New York Times man, not sure what paper I'd read if I were across the pond. Is there one with naked pics? :D The Caeveladyman: All the "red tops" have naked pics...only gg'd tho'PD...the quality papers don't Conrad Black used to own the telegraph-remember that crook? I saw those aborigine ladyboys one day when i hiked up to naklua...i had my str8 mate with me so I couldn't make contact...maybe next time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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