[Sharon]

The Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which preserved his body. Such a find is known as a bog body. The head and face were so well-preserved that he was mistaken at the time of discovery for a recent murder victim.

Tollund man - victim of human sacrifice by ritual strangulation.
Country of Origin: Denmark.
Culture: Viking.
Date/Period: Iron Age.

[Hadrian2]

wow, talk about old school... that's quite the find. must have been so well-preserved by a dry arctic climate. incredible.

[Pigeon]

Wow, beautifully preserved.

[erotika]

It's called a bog mummie

[Hadrian2]

That's a nice and forgiving bog... hopefully someone tosses me into one of those when I kick the proverbial bucket. On a side note, glad all those highly-charged war/politics threads got bumped down... sheesh. This is more like it.

[Wikan]

Originally Posted by Hadrian ↗

wow, talk about old school... that's quite the find. must have been so well-preserved by a dry arctic climate. incredible.

I hope you're not being sincere about Denmark having an arctic climate :P

This man was found in a bog while the finders were digging out peat.

[Hadrian2]

I stand corrected, but still, wow... normally a bog, even soil in a temperate region leads to rapid decomposition. This guy is preserved like a leather jacket lol Anyhow, maybe that's the answer to women's cosmetics?

"Just slather on some bog juice and keep your skin as healthy as the day your were born!"

[psykorgasm]

In Norway there were found two boats. They were built around 100 years prior to the Viking age.

Pretty amazing. Here it is an article about it. (Both Norwegian and English)

Originally Posted by Hadrian ↗

wow, talk about old school... that's quite the find. must have been so well-preserved by a dry arctic climate. incredible.

Sorry, didn't read above posts..

Originally Posted by Hadrian ↗

normally a bog, even soil in a temperate region leads to rapid decomposition.

I think that it may be wrong. Soil, yes, it will cause normal decomposition, but about the bog is that it isn't any oxygen in it - which is highly needed for decomposition.

Correct me if wrong :)
But yeah, great found!

[Bylot]

Here are some more pics in HQ.

[Flaka]

interestingly weird.... good post