Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite

[orb]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-19735959

[adept]

Interesting, but in the wrong forum.

 

Edited October 1, 2012 by adept

[Apech]

Agreed moving to General Dis.

[Wells]

I heard that this Nazi expedition in Tibet 1938 was in fact operated by the head of the Thule society, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen...

[GrandmasterP]

Where is Indiana Jones when we need him most?

[Aetherous]

I've read about how the 13th Dalai Lama was close to Hitler....looking it up just now I can't seem to find much reliable info. Just that he personally translated Mein Kampf.

 

Seems that the Nazis felt the pre-Tibetan culture had something to do with their "Aryans". Perhaps from the beginning of their movement...illustrated by the use of swastikas.

 

They were weird.

[zanshin]

It's the 14th and current Dalai Lama. The story is in the book and movie 7 Years in Tibet. He had a friend and mentor who was in Nazi party. Some conspiracy theories about bigger Nazi connections and that Nazis wanted to use Tibetand to help fight Chinese and Indians. Mostly wild stories, but could be a little truth.

[Aetherous]

It's sometimes thought that Hitler kind of stole the swastika from Eastern cultures, and then messed with it...turning it around and on its side, etc. But I just stumbled upon this info in wiki which shows that the symbol was already a part of the Northern cultures for a long time...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor#Swastikas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_%28Germanic_Iron_Age%29

 

This is also interesting, highlighting the possible connection of ancient Northern European and Eastern cultures: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/IE_Main4_Sanskrit.html