Bog body
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A bog body is a cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated between 8
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC
Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC
Discoveries such as Röst Girl no longer exist, having been destroyed during the Second World War (photo date: 1926).
Windeby I, the body of a teenage boy, found in Schleswig, Germany
Tollund Man
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The Tollund Man is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The mummy, found in 1950, was preserved as a bog body near
Bog body
…and any oxygenation. An additional feature of anaerobic preservation by acidic bogs is the ability to conserve hair, clothing and leather items. Tollund Man was discovered with clothing preserved by bog conditions, including a pointed cap made of wool and sheepskin. The Huldremose Woman’s clothes, which…
The Tollund Man's preserved head
Tollund Man's remains shortly after his discovery in 1950
The Tollund Man on display at Silkeborg Museum