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The Dätgen Man and Iron Age Sacrificial Sites
This post is part of a series on the bog bodies displayed at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum at Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig, Germany. You can read the introductory post here. A History of the Dätgen Man In 1959, a headless body was discovered by peat cutters in a bog near Dätgen, a village in the district…
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The Rendswühren Man
This post is part of a series on the bog bodies displayed at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum at Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig, Germany. You can read the introductory post here. A History of the Rendswühren Man Found in June 1871, the Rendswühren Man marks the oldest date of discovery among the bog bodies in Schloss Gottorf’s…
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The Osterby Head
This post is part of a series on the bog bodies displayed at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum at Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig, Germany. You can read the introductory post here. History of the Osterby Head In May of 1948, a peat cutter named Max Müller working in Köhlmoor near Osterby unearthed a human head wrapped in…
The Bog Body Resource 