Tollund Man

Tollund Man is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BCE, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950, preserved as a bog body, on the Jutland peninsula, in Denmark. The man's physical features were so well preserved that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim. Twelve years before Tollund Man's discovery, another bog body, Elling Woman, had been found in the same bog.

Though the cause of death was determined to be hanging, scholars believe the man was a human sacrifice, rather than an executed criminal, because of the arranged position of his body, and the fact that his eyes and mouth were closed.

A recent murder victim in a bonnet with a rope around his neck?

He was amazingly well preserved.

I'm really glad we don't do human sacrifices anymore.

OP, he is NOT into you! Can't you tell by his fetus position at R3? He's hiding the dick like, "No!"

Move on.

That face is amazing.

Isn't it though, R6?

2000 years sleeping peacefully in a bog, while the world passed him by.

Just think of all the things that happened, while he was in there.

Yes, what r6 said.

He looks like a victim of Goldfinger.

He came back to life long enough to do an episode of Lost In Space.

Do they know why all these bodies ended-up in the peat bogs? Was it like a burial ground or body dump? Most seemed to die violently.

This bog body (Windeby Girl) is creepy and sad.

They were sacrifices to make the crops grow. Judging by Tollund Man's last meal he died in late winter or early spring.

Windeby Girl was actually a boy.

Cherchen Man, one of the Indo-European mummies from the Tarim Basin in present day China (died about 1,000 BCE) .

Another one is the Beauty of Loulan, who died about 2,800 BCE.

Correction: The Beauty of Loulan lived about 1,800 BCE.

The fact that some hair (apparently) is still attached is beyond astonishing.

Almost 2000 years later, R17!

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I saw a bog body in Denmark and the guy had red hair, really lovely dark auburn hair. It was horrifying and intriguing that it could last that long.

[quote]I'm really glad we don't do human sacrifices anymore.

Tell that to the workers forced to go back to work in meat plants teeming with COVID-19 or starve.

But what was on his iPod?

The National Museum of Ireland in Dublin has several bog bodies on exhibit - none in as complete a state of preservation as Tollund Man. It's a very eerie experience to see them.

Okay bitches, fess up...who thinks the guy at R15 is hot?

They were probably some kind of sacrifice by the tribes living in the area, however, some archaeologists think they might have been criminals or disabled members of the community who could no longer pull their weight.

I remember being intrigued when they found "Iceman" and he was covered in tats.

[quote] I remember being intrigued when they found "Iceman" and he was covered in tats.

Those aren't tattoos.

He's just rotten!

Bocksten Man's wavy, radiantly beautiful hair would be the envy of many today!

Tollund Man was dreamy. He looked just like Max Von Sydow!

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Wonderful pictures. These are fascinating.

R28 You stole that photo from the "Gangway For Lucy" thread.

I wonder if an elaborabe process was used to get the corpse in such a shape? Like something with honey? Honey can preserve a body for centuries. And create a substance with healing properties, apparently.

[quote] This process differed from a simple body donation because of the aspect of self-sacrifice; the mellification process would ideally start before death. The donor would stop eating any food other than honey, going as far as to bathe in the substance. Shortly, his feces (and even his sweat, according to legend) would consist of honey. When this diet finally proved fatal, the donor's body would be placed in a stone coffin filled with honey.[2]

[quote] After a century or so, the contents would have turned into a sort of confection reputedly capable of healing broken limbs and other ailments. This confection would then be sold in street markets as a hard to find item with a hefty price.

R22 This, of course

It’s the natural tannins in the bog, r33, and the lack of oxygen. The decay process is halted and the bodies are literally tanned, like leather.