BOG BODIES FROM DENMARK
OUT OF THE MANY BOG BODIES FOUND IN DENMARK THE MOST WELL-KNOWN ABOUT WOULD HAVE TO TOLLUND MAN. THIS VIDEO GIVES A GOOD DESCRIPTION ABOUT TOLLUND MAN AND HOW HE MAY HAVE DIED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CQE4c8UJkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CQE4c8UJkM
DISCOVERY
TOLLUND MAN WAS DISCOVERED BY 2 BROTHERS ALONG WITH THIER WIVES AND A FEW OTHER FRIENDS WHO WERE DIGGING IN THE BOG. THEY WERE VIGGO AND EMIL HOJGAARD. THEY FOUND TOLLUND MAN AND DUG HIM UP.
CAUSE OF DEATH
IT IS PROVEN THAT HE WAS HANGED AND DIED FROM THAT ONLY. THERE WAS NO OTHER STAB WOUNDS OR CUTS LIKE ON THE OTHER BOG BODIES.
FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION
THEORY ON TOLLUND MAN
BASED ON WRITTEN SOURCES SUCH AS THOSE FROM ROMANS LIKE TACITUS WHO WROTE ABOUT THESE PEOPLE IT IS CONCLUDED THAT TOLLUND MAN DIED BY BEING A SACRIFCE TO THE GODS. HOWEVER WE ARE NOT CERTAIN AND SOME BELIVE THAT HE WAS A CRIMINAL AND HANGED AS HE WAS ONLY HANGED. HOWEVER THE CURRENT HELP THEORY IS THE ONE OF HIM BEING SACRIFICED TO ONE OR MORE GODS.
THIS THEORY IS DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL AND WITH THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE:
http://www.tollundman.dk/doeden.asp
THIS THEORY IS DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL AND WITH THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE:
http://www.tollundman.dk/doeden.asp