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Bookmark or Share- Tollund Man - WikipediaThe Tollund Man (died 405–384 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.
- Tollund Man: What we know about Europe’s most famous bog bodyBy Erin Blakemore. February 06, 2024. When a family cutting peat for fuel unearthed a mysterious body in a Danish bog in 1950, they assumed the well-preserved corpse was a local murderer’s latest...
- What Did Tollund Man, One of Europe's Famed Bog Bodies, Eat Before He ...July 22, 2021. Tollund Man was likely the victim of a human sacrifice. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Many questions about Tollund Man —arguably the most famous of Europe’s “ bog...
- Tollund Man – the preserved face from Prehistoric Denmark and the tale ...Print. Tollund Man is the naturally mummified body of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was hanged as a sacrifice to the gods and placed in a peat bog where he remained preserved for more than two millennia.
- Welcome to the story about Tollund ManIn this part of Museum Silkeborg’s website you can read more about Tollund Man, how he was discovered, how he died and why he is so well preserved. He was found in the Bjældskovdal bog in 1950, and has been at Silkeborg Manor since 1952 where thousands of people from around the world flock to see him.
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