When was tollund man born

He died a gruesome death from a stab wound to the chest. He had been decapitated and had his body cut in half. He was exceptionally tall for his time, standing roughly 6' 6". This close-up picture of his hand shows remarkable preservation of the skin and nail. Nothing remains below the waist of the man, either due to the turf cutting machine or when he had been brutally murdered.

He was killed, probably as a ritual sacrifice, from a blow by a sharp instrument like an axe on top his head. Windeby Girl 41— CE is one of the best preserved German bog bodies. It is believed to be the body of a year-old girl, because of its slight build. Later DNA testing, however, shows the body was actually that of a sixteen-year-old boy. His fingers had been so perfectly preserved in the bog, that his finger prints had been taken, the same with Old Croghan Man. Grauballe Man was most likely a ritual sacrifice victim, killed by having his throat slit open.

At the time of death, the woman was more than 40 years old, which is considered elderly for people of that time period. Her right arm was severed, but the injury probably occurred by shovels during the unearthing of the body. A wool cord tied her hair and enveloped her neck, but forensic analysis found no indication of death by strangulation. Photo credit It is believed that Tollund Man was a victim of human sacrifice rather than an executed criminal because of the foetal arrangement of his body, and the fact that his eyes and mouth were closed.

Photo credit Photo credit Just like the Tollund Man and Elling Woman, hundreds of more bog bodies have been discovered till date, the most recent discovery is that of the Cashel Man found in Ireland in Denmark Mummy.

With limited data at its disposal, Nielsen tells NBC News, the team will have a difficult time assessing these hypotheses.

As Henry Chapman, an archaeologist at the University of Birmingham who was not involved in the study, tells National Geographic, bog bodies represent just a tiny fraction of early Iron Age people.

Nora McGreevy is a daily correspondent for Smithsonian. She can be reached through her website, noramcgreevy. Tollund Man was likely the victim of a human sacrifice. Post a Comment. Because of the facial expression, and the general state of the head, the decision was taken to expose the body.

At the time, the head was preserved using Polyethylene glycol , the only material available. This method did not permit to preserve the body; it dried up and decayed. Today, the head is attached to a copy of the body.

Both feet and the right thumb were also in a good state of preservation when the body was found in the s. For this reason, they were kept in formaldehyde for analysis later. In , the Danish Police Force made a finger-print analysis, making Tollund Man's thumb print one of the oldest finger-prints on record. KidzSearch Safe Wikipedia for Kids. Jump to: navigation , search. The Tollund Man - a face from prehistoric Denmark. Silkeborg Public Library. Retrieved 22 September