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minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·edit-21 month agoGood question. Will ask my boss. I’ve met this one, well pressed my face against his glass for a good hour or two. He’s from 300 BC or so. He still has his eyelashes. Even this picture doesn’t do the preservation justice. It looks like he fell asleep, save the rope on his neck.
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoWow, what the heck this looks better preserved than most mummies i ever saw. Was this a natural accidental pickle process or an intentional practice? I want to be pickled after death now.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoNatural, he was possibly sacrificed, maybe murdered. Either way, an unpleasant time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man This is a great read, don’t be intimidated. It’s by one of the Time Team guys. http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/56693117/Chapman_et_al_Towards_an_archeaology_of_pain_Oxford_Journal_of_Archeaology_2019.pdf
minus-squareSanndyTheManndy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWho is he and where can I learn more
minus-squaretheatomictruth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoCheck out the article I linked above too.
Good question. Will ask my boss.
I’ve met this one, well pressed my face against his glass for a good hour or two. He’s from 300 BC or so. He still has his eyelashes. Even this picture doesn’t do the preservation justice. It looks like he fell asleep, save the rope on his neck.
Wow, what the heck this looks better preserved than most mummies i ever saw.
Was this a natural accidental pickle process or an intentional practice?
I want to be pickled after death now.
Natural, he was possibly sacrificed, maybe murdered. Either way, an unpleasant time.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man
This is a great read, don’t be intimidated. It’s by one of the Time Team guys.
http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/56693117/Chapman_et_al_Towards_an_archeaology_of_pain_Oxford_Journal_of_Archeaology_2019.pdf
Who is he and where can I learn more
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body
Check out the article I linked above too.