Scientists are still piecing together details about the life—and death—of the man mummified in a Danish bog some 2,400 years ago. HISTORY & CULTURE He’s the most famous of Europe’s bog bodies.

About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life ended violently in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, researchers have used advanced genetic analyses to tell the unexpected story of “Vittrup Man ...

The man’s remains were uncovered in a peat bog in Vittrup, Denmark, during peat cutting in 1915. His right anklebone, lower left shinbone, jawbone and fragmented skull were found alongside a ...

A wooden club (believed to have killed him), cow bones, and a ceramic vessel were found in the bog along with him. Nick-named “Vittrup Man,” he was included in a 2014 study of Denmark’s ...

In 1915, a mysterious ancient skeleton dubbed the “Vittrup Man” was found preserved in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, over a century later, researchers have finally pieced together the ...

An analysis of a body found in a Danish bog revealed that is belonged to a foreign man who was sacrificed around 5,000 years ago. Photo from the journal PLOS One In 1915, a mysterious ancient ...

The skull of Porsmose Man, who was 35 to 40 years old when he was killed with bone arrows 5,500 years ago. His remains were found in Porsmose Bog, near Naestved, Denmark, in 1946.

About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life ended violently in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, researchers have used advanced genetic analyses to tell the unexpected story of “Vittrup Man ...

About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life ended violently in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, researchers have used advanced genetic analyses to tell the unexpected story of “Vittrup Man,” the oldest ...