Elite archers who drowned aboard Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose identified from their RSI

[The Dragon Master]

[background=rgb(255, 255, 255)]company of elite archers who drowned aboard the warship Mary Rose have been identified by researchers who found repetitive strain injuries on their shoulders and backs.[/background]​

[background=rgb(255, 255, 255)]The archers were among 92 skeletons of those who died aboard Henry VIII's flagship, which sank in 1545 and was raised from the Solent in 1982.[/background]​

[background=rgb(255, 255, 255)]'It was a requirement by law for every male to practice archery regularly from an early age, and many of the skeletons recovered show evidence of repetitive stress injuries of the shoulder and lower spine,' explained Alexzandra Hildred, curator of ordnance at the Mary Rose Trust.[/background]​

A company of elite archers who drowned aboard the warship Mary Rose have been identified by researchers who found repetitive strain injuries on their shoulders and backs.



The archers were among 92 skeletons of those who died aboard Henry VIII's flagship, which sank in 1545 and was raised from the Solent in 1982.



'It was a requirement by law for every male to practice archery regularly from an early age, and many of the skeletons recovered show evidence of repetitive stress injuries of the shoulder and lower spine,' explained Alexzandra Hildred, curator of ordnance at the Mary Rose Trust.

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Very interesting

 

[Evil Eye]

You could rip a man in half with that sorta arm strength o.o

 

[The Dragon Master]

They were some strong men back then!