Last meal of sacrificial bog body was surprisingly unsurprising, researchers say Elizabeth Djinis © Photograph by Robert Clark, Nat Geo Image Collection Tollund Man was hanged with a leather cord and cast into a Danish bog. Silkeborg, Denmark.
Bog bodies are some of history’s most enigmatic murder victims: preserved in the peat bogs of northern Europe and Britain, their bodies can retain detailed facial expressions and reveal the methods by which they were dispatched some 2,000 years ago.
Tollund Man is perhaps the best known of these victims. Discovered in 1950 by peat diggers in north-central Denmark, the Iron Age man in a wool cap still bore, around his neck, the leather noose that was used to strangle him around 350 B.C.
Kansas City police should focus on violence, not minor drug crimes, prosecutors say
msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Unique Wass Molitor $20 Gold Featured in August GreatCollections Auction
coinweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from coinweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Britain may lose future Lindow Man discoveries to damaged peat bogs, archaeologists warn
Restoration projects to repair crucial peat bogs are becoming more common, but they don t always preserve archaeological heritage
15 May 2021 • 2:44pm
Lindow Man is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England
Credit: Universal History Archive
Lindow Man is a national treasure admired by thousands at the British Museum.
But stunning “bog body” discoveries may become a thing of the past as peat decline destroys our archaeological heritage, archaeologists have warned.
Intact peat is a highly effective preservative, keeping items including wood, cloth and human remains in good condition for thousands of years.