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Last Meal of History's Most Famous 'Bog Body' Hints at Human Sacrifice
Science Alert ^ | July 23, 2021 | Carly Cassella

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 ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; bogpeople; godsgravesglyphs; grauballeman; tollundman
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A close-up of Tollund Man's face. (Sven Rosborn/Public Domain)

A close-up of Tollund Man's face. (Sven Rosborn/Public Domain)

1 posted on 08/14/2021 7:36:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/14/2021 7:36:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
the Tollund Man was hung and buried in the bog

Those bogs really preserve everything, huh?

3 posted on 08/14/2021 7:37:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population has no political representation.)
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To: SunkenCiv
"has mumified his body to a remarkable degree"

So was he hung?

Hanged?

Or both?

4 posted on 08/14/2021 7:42:53 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be ta.ken that's for sure.)
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To: SunkenCiv

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.


5 posted on 08/14/2021 7:47:04 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: SunkenCiv

Must have elected Democrats.


6 posted on 08/14/2021 7:47:18 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Deaf Smith

He was strangled to death.


7 posted on 08/14/2021 7:47:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Nice shave for a 2400-year-old ....


8 posted on 08/14/2021 7:48:39 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: ClearCase_guy

The People of the Bog
https://www.discvermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-people-of-the-bog


9 posted on 08/14/2021 7:49:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
*I heard you was hung.

**I am.

10 posted on 08/14/2021 7:53:57 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be ta.ken that's for sure.)
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To: lee martell

I was thinking Scarecrow.


11 posted on 08/14/2021 7:57:28 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: lee martell

More like the Scarecrow. He jumped into the bog to put out the first, and that was all she wrote.


12 posted on 08/14/2021 8:01:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: lee martell

Yes that is Ray Bolger.


13 posted on 08/14/2021 8:11:11 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: SunkenCiv

remarkable


14 posted on 08/14/2021 8:11:47 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: SunkenCiv

Sucker!


15 posted on 08/14/2021 8:12:06 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Deaf Smith

“And deh was right”


16 posted on 08/14/2021 8:38:41 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: SunkenCiv

Tin Man from Wizard of Bogz.


17 posted on 08/14/2021 8:47:44 PM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: lee martell

Snow, not rain.


18 posted on 08/14/2021 9:01:19 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

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.


19 posted on 08/14/2021 9:06:39 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: SunkenCiv
Bog Body

Was his name Pete Moss?

20 posted on 08/14/2021 9:12:02 PM PDT by Pollard
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