Tollund Man: Report The Tollund Man mystery is a discovery where a body that still had all his skin that died at the end of the Bronze Age, This was around 3000 BC. Tollund Died and was Found in Denmark. Archaeologists have speculated that he may have been an executed criminal, or a sacrificial victim. Over the years the body has undergone a number of examinations: Autopsy and X-ray examination done by the forensic examiners at Bispebjerg Hospital (Denmark), finger-print examination done by the police, several carbon-14 dating’s and last but not least a CT-scanning. Monday morning on May 8th, 1950 the police in Silkeborg received an alarming message. On the previous Saturday a body had been discovered in a bog close to Bjældskovdal, an area located approximately 10 kilometres west of Silkeborg. Accordingly, the body was discovered on May 6th, 1950. The body was discovered by two brothers and their family who were digging for turf to be used as fuel. They believed that it must have been the victim of a recent murder since it appeared so fresh. The sources and Evidence we have of the Tollund Man are Video and Photographic Images. He was hanged, there are rope marks around his neck and other classic signs of hanging such as a distended tongue were also …show more content…
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