A close-up of Tollund Man's face. (Sven Rosborn/Public Domain)
Posted on 08/14/2021 7:36:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Even though the 30- to 40-year-old human was buried in a bog more than 2,400 years ago, the acidic peat has mummified his body to a remarkable degree, preserving his hair, brain, skin, nails, and intestines - even the leather noose around his neck...
Roughly a day before the Tollund Man was hung and buried in the bog, researchers say he ate porridge, containing barley, flax, and seeds from plants and weeds.
That's similar to what scientists found in the early 1950s, when the body was first unearthed in what is now modern Denmark. But unlike past analyses, this one has also noticed a few new ingredients, like the fatty proteins of fish as well as remnants of threshing waste, which comes from separating grain...
The Grauballe Man was also killed and buried in an acidic bog, and the similar contents of his last meal to the Tollund Man's last meal may indicate a ritual of sorts.
While other bog bodies appear to have eaten porridge or bread with a side of meat or berries, threshing waste and an abundance of seeds might indicate a special occasion. Either that, or these ingredients were simply added for flavor or nutrition...
While other bog bodies found might have fallen dead or drowned in the peat by accident, the way the Tollund Man was killed and then carefully buried, with his eyes and mouth closed shut and his body in a fetal position, has some scientists thinking he was a sacrifice to the gods...
Some Roman historian accounts from the time have even written about similar human sacrifices in northwestern Europe, although these were often biased reports that might have stretched the truth about certain tribes.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
A close-up of Tollund Man's face. (Sven Rosborn/Public Domain)
Those bogs really preserve everything, huh?
So was he hung?
Hanged?
Or both?
He looks like the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz.
The scene where he went to sleep in an open field before the rain came down.
Must have elected Democrats.
He was strangled to death.
Nice shave for a 2400-year-old ....
The People of the Bog
https://www.discvermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-people-of-the-bog
**I am.
I was thinking Scarecrow.
More like the Scarecrow. He jumped into the bog to put out the first, and that was all she wrote.
Yes that is Ray Bolger.
remarkable
Sucker!
“And deh was right”
Tin Man from Wizard of Bogz.
Snow, not rain.
Was is snowing in that scene? And here I thought I knew the story cold, after seeing it year after year as a kid.
The family TV was black and white for a long time, so maybe it just looked like rain.
Was his name Pete Moss?
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