#bog body

[victusinveritas]

[thesilicontribesman]

Lindow Man 1st Century CE 'Bog Body', The British Museum, London

Lindow Man is a well-preserved human body found in a peat-bog at Lindow Moss, near Manchester, in 1984. He died a violent death, sustaining many injuries before he was placed face down in a pool in the bog.

He was about 25 years old, 1.7m (5ft 6ins) tall and weighed 60-65kg (9.5-10st).

He had done very little hard, manual work, because his fingernails were well manicured.

His beard and moustache had been cut by a pair of shears.

His last meal probably included unleavened bread made from wheat and barley, cooked over a fire on which heather had been burnt.

[takataapui]

'bog body, watching', by Riwhi Kenny.

this is a drawing game about change, rot, and legacy. to play, you'll need something to draw with and a deck of cards.

you play as a body in a bog, watching the world change around you, while you remain deep within the peat of your wetland. explore how the things you once knew are different now, in the changing years following your burial in the bog.

download for free/pay what you want/koha here!

[veiligplekje]

The Yde Girl memorial, the Netherlands

[valdevia]

These large organic remains, nicknamed "the Bog Body", were unearthed in a quarry in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1907.

Once exposed to the elements, the delicate state of the body quickly deteriorated, leaving little trace.

[naomiknight-17]

Watching a video about the Gebelein man (bog body/mummy) and the scientists are doing an MRI on him

And there's the mummy, laying on his side curled up on the MRI bed thing, and there's a little medical sheet draped over his ancient dessicated hips

Like they wanted to respect the privacy of this long-dead man. They put the little privacy paper blankie on him, just like they would a living person

And I dunno, but something about that is just adorable

You are dead and mummified, and we are scanning and studying you, but oh! Let us give you a little blankie, we don't want you to be embarassed

[veenlijpo]

Brb ik ga het veen in springen, zie jullie over 2000 jaar

[world-of-mummies]

The Tollund Man (also Tollundmann; Danish Tollundmanden) is a bog body discovered by peat cutters on 8 May 1950 in a raised bog in Bjældskovdal, ten kilometres west of Silkeborg, Denmark. He is now on display in the ‘Hovedgården’ museum in Silkeborg.

The Tollund man was lying in a relaxed position on his right side, his legs drawn up to his stomach. With the exception of a sheepskin cap sewn together from eight pieces and a 77 cm long leather belt, he wore no clothing. It is possible that he was originally clothed in textiles made from plant fibres such as flax, hemp or nettles, which were decomposed by the acidic environment of the bog. He was estimated to be around 40 years old. At 161 cm, he was rather short, but probably also shrunk in the bog so that his skin lay in folds. His arms and hands had been damaged during peat cutting, but his feet and one of his fingers were well preserved. The papillary lines and skin line patterns on the soles of the feet were no different from those of modern humans.

The head was particularly well preserved. The facial expression was calm, mouth and eyes closed, and gave the impression of a sleeping person. He appeared well groomed. His hair was cut short and 2 to 3 cm long. The leather cap covering his scalp was fastened with two leather strips under his chin. The neck of the bog body was in a plaited leather sling, which had left clear marks in the skin on the sides and under the chin. The free end of the strap under the corpse was about a metre long and had been cut off at the end. Most of the upper body was still covered in skin. However, the left side of the chest and shoulder in particular were poorly preserved and partially decomposed. The genitals were well preserved, as were the internal organs such as the heart, lungs and liver. The stomach, small intestine and large intestine of the Tollund man still contained the remains of his last meal.

The noose still around his neck suggests that Tollund Man died violently by strangulation, although the doctor who carried out the forensic examination was certain that the man had not been strangled but hanged. The way he was laid in the bog - in a sleeping position with his eyes closed - suggests that he was not killed by enemies. It is likely that it was a human sacrifice, perhaps in gratitude for the peat or in winter as a plea for the coming spring. His death is dated to 405-380 BC.

[grimmborg-in-the-bog]

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

art history playlist moodboard – entering my bog body era

Ophelia – Victor Müller // The Cottage – Vincent van Gogh // Hazy Day on the Marshes, New Jersey – Martin Johnson Heade // Vanitas: Flowers and Tiny Creatures – Abraham Mignon // The Fairy that Disappeared – Theodor Kittelsen// Large Moorland Landscape – Eugen Jettel // The Great Swamp – Martin Johnson Heade // Ophelia – Thomas Francis Dicksee // Peat Bog at Jæren – Kitty Lange Kielland

[lilystrations]

"Beware The Whispers"

I finally got around to some swampy murky goodness, and these oh so lovely bog ladies couldn't be happier about it. 🔥👀🔥

[peggy-sue-reads-a-book]

[bloodandflame]

[gwinwe]

weerdinge men

[themaybug]

tollund man, two-toned lino print on A5

[veiligplekje]

The Yde Girl memorial, the Netherlands