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
The Tollund Man's preserved head
Tollund Man's remains shortly after his discovery in 1950
The Tollund Man on display at Silkeborg Museum
Tollundmannen
Borremose
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Borremose is a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark south east of the town of Aars. The name translates directly as 'Borre'-bog, where 'Borre' might well be a derivation of the old word burgh mea
Tollund Man
…by horse cart and railway to the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. There, conservator Knud Thorvildsen, who had previously recovered the Borremose bodies, excavated Tollund Man from the peat for examination. Tollund Man lay 60 m (200 ft) from firm ground, buried beneath 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) of peat, with…
Earth rampart of the fortified settlement at Borremose
The former road across the artificial moat of the Iron Age Borremose Fortification. It is still visible and in use after an archaeological restoration.