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Swedish bog man murdered - 700 years ago
The Local ^ | 24th January 2006 | Sweden's News in English editor

Posted on 01/25/2006 10:57:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Seven hundred years after he lived, the cause of death of Sweden's oldest human skeleton has been solved. He was murdered - with three blows to the head... "The last blow split the skull," said Claus Lauritzen... The model was constructed with the help of computer tomography. During the operation the lower jaw and the skull damage were reconstructed. The face was widened slightly, since the original was thought to have been pressed together after hundreds of years in the bog. Eventually model maker Oscar Nilsson will give the Bocksten Man a 'real' face. The final result will be displayed in Varberg Museum in the summer.

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1 posted on 01/25/2006 10:57:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
Another medieval European murder mystery.

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2 posted on 01/25/2006 10:58:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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Long-dead lady baffles French
(2-year murder investigation reveals that victim died 500 years ago)
Sunday Times (South Africa) | Wednesday January 25, 2006 08:54 - (SA)
Posted on 01/25/2006 9:04:23 AM PST by dead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564722/posts


3 posted on 01/25/2006 10:59:20 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ok, the Swedish police doesn't work fast, but they'll get there, eventually they'll get there.

:-))


4 posted on 01/25/2006 11:00:35 AM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: SunkenCiv

CSI - Special Antiquities Unit!


5 posted on 01/25/2006 11:02:24 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: SunkenCiv

The Bog Man.

6 posted on 01/25/2006 11:29:19 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist

I hated him in "The Hills Have Eyes".


7 posted on 01/25/2006 11:31:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: ScaniaBoy; ValerieUSA

I'm just glad the victim was dead, and wasn't in need of health care, such as an IV.

[rimshot!]


8 posted on 01/25/2006 11:32:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: xzins

Don't give the network any ideas...


9 posted on 01/25/2006 11:33:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Classic example of 'jumping to conclusions.' Might have been self-defense or justifiable homicide. :)


10 posted on 01/26/2006 6:40:17 AM PST by elli1
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To: elli1

Or suicide. They didn't have pistols back then...


11 posted on 01/26/2006 9:58:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I'm innocent, honest I am.


12 posted on 01/26/2006 10:15:00 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

I was out of town when it happened.


13 posted on 01/26/2006 10:32:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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