BOG bodies FROM ENGLAND
ONE WELL-KNOWN BOG BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN ENGLAND. HIS NAME IS LINDOW MAN AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIM BELOW.
DISCOVERY
IN 1984 WHEN 2 WORKERS WERE CUTTING PEAT BOG THEY FOUND A FOOT IN THE MACHINE AND THEN THEY SEARCHED THE BOG AND FOUND LINDOW MAN.
CAUSE OF DEATH
SCIENTISTS USED RADIOCARBON DATING TO DETERMINE THAT LINDOW MAN DIED BETWEEN 2BC - AD119. AFTER FORENSIC AND SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS WE KNOW THAT HE DIED FROM SEVERAL BLOWS TO THE HEAD AND THEN BEING CHOKED BY A GARROTE. AFTER HE DIED HE THROAT WAS SLIT OPEN.
FACIal reCONSTRUCTION
THROUGH IN1985, RICHARD NEAVE, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, THE WELL-KNOWN EXPERT
IN THE RECONSTUCTION OF ANCIENT FACES, MADE A RECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT LINDOW MAN COULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE HIS DEATH. AFTER ALL THE X-RAYS AND ANGLE ANALYSIS HE GOT THE FOLLOWING.
IN THE RECONSTUCTION OF ANCIENT FACES, MADE A RECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT LINDOW MAN COULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE HIS DEATH. AFTER ALL THE X-RAYS AND ANGLE ANALYSIS HE GOT THE FOLLOWING.
THEORIES ON LINDOW MAN
THE MAIN THEORY IS THAT LINDOW MAN WAS A SACRIFICE TO THE GODS HOWEVER IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE HE MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAITOR OR BLAMED AND OR BETRAYED BY HIS VILLAGE WHICH WOULD HAVE LED TO HIS DEATH. THIS SHORT VIDEO TALKS ABOUT LINDOW MAN AND INCLUDES DIFFERENT THEORIES ABOUT HIS DEATH.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoJx6d40B0A
THERE HAVE BEEN WRITTEN SOURCES THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY LINDOW MAN DIED AND THESE COME FROM 3 WRITES THAT ARE:
1) TACITUS A ROMAN WRITER FROM THE 1ST CENTURY WHO OBSEERVED THE CUSTOMS OF THE ANICENT CELTIC TRIBES.
2) STRABO A GREEK HISTORIAN, GEOGRAPHER AND PHIOLOSOPHER FROM THE 1ST CENTURY.
3) JULIUS CAESAR A ROMAN POLITICIAN AND GENRAL WHO RECORDED HIS OBSERVATIONS OF CELTIC TRIBES DURING HIS TRIPS FROM 101-44BC.
MORE INFRORMATION ON THE WRITTEN SOURCES AND ALL THE THORIES BASED ON ALL EVIDENCE ARE DISCUSSED AND SHARED ON : http://aarongoundan.wikispaces.com/Lindow+man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoJx6d40B0A
THERE HAVE BEEN WRITTEN SOURCES THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY LINDOW MAN DIED AND THESE COME FROM 3 WRITES THAT ARE:
1) TACITUS A ROMAN WRITER FROM THE 1ST CENTURY WHO OBSEERVED THE CUSTOMS OF THE ANICENT CELTIC TRIBES.
2) STRABO A GREEK HISTORIAN, GEOGRAPHER AND PHIOLOSOPHER FROM THE 1ST CENTURY.
3) JULIUS CAESAR A ROMAN POLITICIAN AND GENRAL WHO RECORDED HIS OBSERVATIONS OF CELTIC TRIBES DURING HIS TRIPS FROM 101-44BC.
MORE INFRORMATION ON THE WRITTEN SOURCES AND ALL THE THORIES BASED ON ALL EVIDENCE ARE DISCUSSED AND SHARED ON : http://aarongoundan.wikispaces.com/Lindow+man