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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  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.

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  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    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.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Natural, he was possibly sacrificed, maybe murdered. Either way, an unpleasant time.

      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.

      …bham.ac.uk/…/Chapman_et_al_Towards_an_archeaolog…

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    • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m sure it was accidental at first, but eventually they found out bogs were great at preserving things. There are plenty of records of people putting food in bogs to preserve them.

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      • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Didn’t someone find perfectly good butter in a bog from a few hundred years ago?

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      • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        More on preservation in bogs here:

        nytimes.com/…/archaeology-britain-must-farm.html

        edition.cnn.com/2024/03/20/europe/…/index.html

        The full site report can be found here, lots of pics. Scroll to bottom for pdfs.

        www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/must-farm-volumes

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  • AThing4String@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I was reading the wiki for Tollund man yesterday, and I believe they actually took a fingerprint from him.

    That’s pretty identifiable, I think

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  • SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Who is he and where can I learn more

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    • theatomictruth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Check out the article I linked above too.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Having thought a little more, the body would likely stay pickled in perpetuity as long as conditions are stable. I do not know what these thresholds are for bodies, though.

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