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The Bog People - P.V Glob

Description: ISBN 0571194699 / Author: P.V Glob / Genre: Science / Nature / From time to time workers in bogs throughout Europe accidentally expose ... more

The Bog People - P.V Glob ... the sunken bodies of people who died 2000 or more years ago. The bo g waters have kept the bodies from decay, sometimes even preserving the facial expression at the moment of death, and many of the bodies bear signs of violent ends. This book seeks to cast light on these Iron Age people, their lives, their religion, and the rituals they performed in unfrequented wood and groves.

Newest Review: ... this 196 page book on this fascinating subject. ***The Book*** The Tollund Man was discovered by peat cutters in 1950 and ... more

... is the man mentioned in my introduction, being found naked with a rope tied tightly around his neck. He was wearing a skin cap (found complete) over his short hair and the stubble on his chin was still visible. His eyeballs were still present behind his wizened eyelids and the remains of his last meal were found in his intestines (a barley gruel). He was so well preserved that the police were called but this man hadn’t died recently, he had gone to his death in the bog 2000 years ago. The Grauballe Man was of similar...more

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The Bog People - P.V Glob: A spoooooky HALLOWEEN read (1367 words)
by - written on 08/10/07 (Very useful, 133 readings)
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As the last layers of peat were removed from the body the group assembled around the hole gasped. The man was perfectly preserved, right down to the short hair on his head and stubble on his chin. Naked, stained brown, sunken and shrivelled his eyes were closed as if he was asleep but the rope tightened around his neck told another story. Those watching his exhumation were so spellbound by the moment they failed to notice the imperceptible movements in the peat bogs surrounding them, as hundreds of emaciated fingers forced their way to the light, freeing the way for even more shrunken stained bodies. As the eyelids of the bog man in the trench snapped open the screaming ... Read the complete review