Preserved
Bodies Around the World, Excerpt
Forget cryogenics, a
bog is the best bet if you want to keep hold of your youthful looks. Tollund
Man has a complexion that is still as smooth as the day he was garroted and
tossed in a bog. Well, admittedly he may be a bit leathery and distorted these
days, and he does look a bit grumpy from his long sleep (of around 2,000 years
in a bog in Silkeborg, Denmark).
Tollund Man is the
main (actually virtually the only) attraction at the Silkeborg Museum. He is
believed to have been executed in 300 BC and his body, complete with the rope
still around the neck, was discovered in a bog in 1950. The face of the Tollund
Man is hypnotic in its detail, right down to the stubble on his chin.
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