The Tollund Man: The World's Most Famous Bog Body

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[GreyCookieWeirdo]

As a dane, this is one of the most interesting part of our history. I mean you can even see his pores, it feel like he could wake up anytime, you know, if you ignore the fact he is decapitated.

[johanvangjensen]

We also have in denmark the “grauballe man” he was found like 50 km from the tollund man, he is also really well preserved

[waitwhat]

it makes me teary eyed when I realise how small and insignificant our existence is on a time scale so big, look at this tolund man, crazy to think that people even loved and looked so much like us today

[ryanclark]

I saw one of these in a museum and it’s hair was so well preserved it reminded me of Conan the talk show host guy

[Replicaate]

I knew a lot about Tollund Man already, but I STILL had no idea about how they had to go on a scientific scavenger hunt for his bones and body and then re-assemble him like the world's most forbidden jigsaw puzzle.

[wu-ren]

Some achieve immortality through their legacy... while others achieve it by dying in a bog and becoming mummified. 😅

[Fiirow]

Being from Silkeborg myself, I've visited the museum atleast half a dozen times (School trips and such).

It is quite strange looking at it up close, you can clearly see the rope marks and facial features (as he covers).

[sailorarwen]

He looks INCREDIBLE. Every time I see photos of him I’m amazed. It’s hard to fathom how old he is. The detail is astounding

[LPdedicated]

I work at Silkeborg Museum where he lies (in his own room) and my general experience is that when people walk into the room, they don't say a word and when some do others shush them. Sometimes when there are few guests, I just sit there with him until the lights turn off. And it's oddly peaceful.

[ClannCholmain]

We’ve a saying here in Ireland :

You can take the man of the bog, but you can’t take the bog out of the man.

[CissyBrazil]

The preservation of his face is remarkable! It’s almost as if he could open his eyes and mouth and speak. Unbelievable. Thank you, Simon, for the upload.

[markstott]

We studied Tollund Man back in 1980 aged 12. It was quite an introduction to history. It worked though. I fell in love with history and archaeology because of the Tollund Man.

[Cuauhtemoc]

First saw that image when I was around 7 it always haunted me. Now years later it's cool to learn about its backstory.

[wabisabi]

When I was a kid, my dad was taking night school classes to finish his degree in history, so he had collected a sizeable library of books on history, and I enjoyed skimming through them for all the cool pictures of ancient ruins and archeological finds. I will never forget the spine-tingling, hair-raising feeling I got the first time I came across pictures of the bog bodies.

[buffyrowe]

Very interesting! He really does appear to be sleeping. Regular (Egyptian) mummies have filled me with atavistic horror since I was a child, but this man’s face inspires fascination and a touch of sadness.

[GTRMGK]

Can we do a biographics on my hopes and dreams? They went extinct years ago.

[BigSnipp]

This reminds me of when Groundskeeper Willie said his own father was thrown in the bog.

[alpacatears]

I always love visiting the bog bodies on display in the National Museum of Ireland. I've yet to get the chance to see this one but he's on the bucket list to see

[MK-jiri]

I'm from Holstein northern Germany wich is about 150km away from Silkeborg, and work parttime as an anziquities reseller, I therefore included male bog body intestenance to my 'watch out for' list.

[brandonpayne]

I was actually wondering what food was in her stomach. Thanks Simon's writer.