Tollund man

[toh-luhnd]

noun

1. the perfectly preserved remains of an Iron Age man, hanged and thrown into a bog at Tollund, in Jutland, Denmark: discovered in 1950.

Example Sentences

Now known only as the Tollund Man, his incredibly preserved face, stubbled and slightly smiling, has ensured him a place as one of the world’s most famous bog bodies—made even more mysterious by the fact he was the assumed victim of human sacrifice.

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In the decades since his discovery, scientists have studied Tollund Man extensively and pieced together more details about his life and death.

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The presence of wisdom teeth suggest the Tollund Man was at least 20 years old when he died in Denmark’s Bjældskovdal bog in Jutland, but researchers think he was actually between 30 and 40.

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Tollund Man’s skin and nails had cured and blackened over thousands of years spent in the oxygen-free environment of the bog.

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Tollund Man lived during the early part of the Iron Age in the years before Rome conquered the majority of Europe.

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