Buddhist Statue Discovered By Nazis Is Made Of Meteorite
A 1,000-year-old Buddhist statue discovered in Tibet by Nazis searching for the origins of the Aryan race was hewn from meteorite, scientists have found.
The "Iron Man" statue, which bears a swastika on its chest, was brought back to Germany in 1938 after being found in Tibet by a team of SS members led by zoologist Ernst Schäfer.
The expedition was backed by Heinrich Himmler, the SS chief, who believed that the secret origin of the entire Aryan race could be uncovered in Tibet.
Now the first scientific study of the statue's origins by experts from Stuttgart University has found that it is made of ataxite, a rare type of iron meteorite with a high nickel content.
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who did a lot of research for them partly associated with his interest with the Cathars and their interest in Wagner. This explains his background : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Rahn He's also mentioned on the Indians Jones wiki entry. 
There is also a documentary about him which was made years ago - we've had it here in the UK on TV. From memory it uses mainly archive footage and interviews. I notice its on Youtube . Just search for The Secret Glory.
The Nazis main interest seemed to be in finding both the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant.
Indie.
for several reasons... those related to this post are:
his courage
his compassion
his pedagogery...
I cannot smell him from here so I am unable to endorse him based on this attribute. Thank you, dipsydoodle!
Really? In this thread? What am I missing here? With all due respect, of course.
Working at the moment.
The earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity. Swastikas have also been used in various other ancient civilizations around the world. It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke shakti or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness. The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good". Or another translation can be made: "swa" is "higher self", "asti" meaning "being", and "ka" as a suffix, so the translation can be interpreted as "being with higher self".
HinduSwastika
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
