Tollund Man
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Person
- Born
- 0500-00-00
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- 19
- Total plays
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 445–420 BC
- Died
- c. 405–384 BC (aged ~40), present-day Tollund, Denmark
- Cause of death
- Hanging (presumably ritual sacrifice or execution)
- Height
- 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 500 BCE
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Article
The Tollund Man (died 405–384 BC) is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950, preserved as a bog body near Silkeborg on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The man's physical features were so well preserved that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim. Twelve years before his discovery, another bog body, Elling Woman, was found in the same bog.
The cause of death has been determined to be by hanging. There is insufficient evidence to determine if the reason for the killing was a ritual sacrifice or a punitive execution.