Warren G Crowder
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The story behind the world's oldest museum, built by a Babylonian princess 2,500 years ago - io9. Weather_reporting_tool.jpg (JPEG Image, 432x412 pixels) Pictures - We’re not sure what this is, but we know we like it. - National Comedy. Ancient and Lost Civilizations. Acupuncture 5,200 Years Ago? Acupuncture 5,200 Years Ago? The Tyrolean Iceman died in the Alps about 5,200 years ago, but his mummified body is exceptionally well-preserved -- so well-preserved that 15 groups of tattoo marks on his body stand out vividly. These punctures do not seem to be ornamental, like those on a sailor's biceps, nor are they on parts of the body usually displayed. What is most interesting are their locations; some groups are placed at traditional Chinese acupuncture points.
Bolstering this suspicion is the determination from computer tomography (noninvasive imaging) that the Iceman suffered from arthrosis of the lumbar spine. The Iceman's body is punctured at the points usually used by acupuncturists to treat this condition!