The Strange Case of the Nazi Buddha from Outer Spaaaace...ace...ace!

[AcesandEights]

A priceless Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet in the 1930s was carved from a meteorite which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, according to new research.


Buchner's team of researchers from Germany and Austria dated it to a specific event in astronomy history when the Chinga meteorite fell in the border region of eastern Siberia and Mongolia between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

Source. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/28/nazi-buddha-statue-carved-from-meteorite)

[Mike70]

very cool story, Aces. thanks for putting it up.

the title of this thread has got to be one of the all time greats on here. certainly got my attention immediately.

almost sounds like it could be the title to a mel brooks movie. :lol:

[MoonSylver]

There's about 500 hooks for RPG sessions all rolled up in one right there. It's that awesome. :)