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8 Μαΐ 2024 · Violently killed thousands of years ago, these corpses of men, women, and children have been naturally preserved by the unique chemistry of Northern Europe’s bogs. Today, archaeologists and anthropologists are acting as crime-scene investigators.
Bog bodies, or bog people, are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The bodies have been most commonly found in the Northern European countries of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
6 Φεβ 2024 · The Tollund Man was discovered in 1950 in the Bjældskovdal bog in Jutland, Denmark. His mummified body was found in a sleeping position with a leather cord around his neck—and scientists...
The Tollund Man (died 405–384 BCE) is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BCE, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. [1] He was found in 1950, preserved as a bog body, near Silkeborg on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. [2] The man's physical features were so well preserved that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim. [3]
28 Σεπ 2023 · Tollund Man was discovered in Bjældskovdal peat bog near Silkeborg on 8 May 1950 by peat cutters Viggo and Emil Hojgaard. He was not excavated on location, but rather a block of peat containing him was removed from the bog and transported to a different location to allow for excavation under more controlled conditions.
Tollund Man, discovered in a bog in 1950 near Silkeborg, Denmark, initially was thought to be the victim of a recent murder. Christian Als
The overwhelming majority of bog bodies – including examples such as Tollund Man, Grauballe Man and Lindow Man – date to the Iron Age and have been found in northwest Europe, particularly Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Poland, and Ireland.
