Who was the Tollund Man before he died?
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Who was the Tollund Man before he died?
The Tollund Man (died c. 405–380 BC) is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950, preserved as a bog body, near Silkeborg on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark.
Who found Grauballe man?
Tage Busk Sørensen
A bog body is discovered… This is how Tage Busk Sørensen, a peat-cutter who was working in the Nebelgaard Bog in Central Jutland in Denmark, describes his discovery of ‘Grauballe Man’, one of the most spectacular discoveries from Denmark’s prehistory.
Why did Tollund Man get hung?
If he had been, he would have been cremated. Rather, he was probably ritually hanged as a spiritual sacrifice. Some parts of the man’s body did not fare as well as others. His arms and hands were reduced to little more than a thin layer of toughened tissue covering bones.
How old is the Grauballe man now?
Preserved “bog person” that is over 2,000 years old. Grauballe Man is one of many mummified bodies discovered in the peat bogs that dot Denmark and northern Europe.
What was found with the Grauballe man?
Wikimedia CommonsA thorough examination found a slit throat, four missing lumbar vertebrae, a fractured skull, and a broken right tibia.
Can we eat the bog butter?
Bogs are Ireland’s original refrigerators. And they are pretty good—even 3,000 year-old bog butter is edible. We know this because archeologists tended to eat it.
Why was the Grauballe man killed?
He is not the only person to have been violently killed and buried in a bog and there have been many explanations for the so-called ‘bog body phenomenon’. It is most likely that Grauballe Man and others like him were human sacrifices to the gods, either to thank them for something, or to ask them for help.
How was the Grauballe man preserved?
The preservative qualities of the bog water- inhibiting the growth of bacteria, and containing large amounts of organic acids and aldehydes- acts to preserve the soft tissues of a cadaver. Even Grauballe man’s hair and fingernails remain intact, his body a bronze-brown color.
