Tollund Man: What we know about Europe’s most famous bog body

Tollund Man: What we know about Europe's most famous bog body

The “Tollund Man” is a 2,400-year-old marsh body and human sacrifice victim from the Iron Age, found at Bjældskovdal in Denmark. His body was so well preserved that even after 2,400 years, scientists could still take his fingerprints and determine what he had last eaten.

Tollund Man: What we know about Europe's most famous bog body

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In the frugal last meal of a man 2,400 years ago, scientists see signs of human sacrifice

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