Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies

[Montegriffo]

Something tells me that isn't the original rope.

The one in the picture may not be, but the original rope - made of leather strips - was of course preserved in the bog just as the rest of the body was. Wether it survived post-excavation, though.... no mention of that. Most articles and sites focus only on the body and its story.

These images from the Silkeborg museum were taken during the excavation and pre preservation of the remains. The rope looks in very good condition to me and I've never read anything about it being replaced. If the more delicate skin was preserved successfully I don't see why the leather rope would not have survived.

[Okeefenokee]

Something tells me that isn't the original rope.

Well science tells us it is...........

Something tells me that isn't the original rope.

The one in the picture may not be, but the original rope - made of leather strips - was of course preserved in the bog just as the rest of the body was. Wether it survived post-excavation, though.... no mention of that. Most articles and sites focus only on the body and its story.

Yes, I also read the article saying the rope was preserved. The rope in the image looks nothing like the rest of the preserved body, and I would guess is not the actual rope. Science says monty is a fag.

[heydaralon]

Do you think they threw him in the bog because he is black?

[Montegriffo]

Yes, I also read the article saying the rope was preserved. The rope in the image looks nothing like the rest of the preserved body, and I would guess is not the actual rope.

Ropes don't look like bodies, who knew? Oh well, an Okee guess is such a valuable commodity it should be regarded as fact until proved otherwise......

Science says monty is a fag.

How old are you, 6?

[heydaralon]

You can see the Home Depot reciept and plastic bag next to the rope in the photos.

[Okeefenokee]

Yes, I also read the article saying the rope was preserved. The rope in the image looks nothing like the rest of the preserved body, and I would guess is not the actual rope.

Ropes don't look like bodies, who knew? Oh well, an Okee guess is such a valuable commodity it should be regarded as fact until proved otherwise......

Science says monty is a fag.

How old are you, 6?

Looks nothing like the clothing either. Looks like a brand new rope, whereas nothing else looks even close to new.

[pineapplemike]

Carbon dating puts his death somewhere between 2 B.C. and A.D. 119. We have only the upper half of him, but besides that he’s in fine shape. He once stood around 5-foot-6. His beard and mustache had been clipped by shears. His manicured fingernails suggest he didn’t work too hard. His brow is furrowed in consternation. He was just 25 or so when he died, and he died a particularly horrible death. “One of the doctors who examined him originally found he had been kneed in the back to bring him to his knees, garroted, had his throat slit, his neck broken, got bashed in the head and was left to drown in the bog,” says Farley. “This is the so-called ‘triple death,’ and it’s the model that’s been taken forward.”

crazy, thanks for sharing

[Montegriffo]

Yes, I also read the article saying the rope was preserved. The rope in the image looks nothing like the rest of the preserved body, and I would guess is not the actual rope.

Ropes don't look like bodies, who knew? Oh well, an Okee guess is such a valuable commodity it should be regarded as fact until proved otherwise......

Science says monty is a fag.

How old are you, 6?

Looks nothing like the clothing either. Looks like a brand new rope, whereas nothing else looks even close to new.

It looks like new rope in the 3 pictures I posted too yet that is the rope as it was found......

[BjornP]

Something tells me that isn't the original rope.

Well science tells us it is...........

Something tells me that isn't the original rope.

The one in the picture may not be, but the original rope - made of leather strips - was of course preserved in the bog just as the rest of the body was. Wether it survived post-excavation, though.... no mention of that. Most articles and sites focus only on the body and its story.

Yes, I also read the article saying the rope was preserved. The rope in the image looks nothing like the rest of the preserved body, and I would guess is not the actual rope.

"Looks nothing like the rest of the preserved body". Well....no? Why would it? It would not have collapsed the way a body does. Compare it the leather cap the body's wearing, and not the body for a sec. The reason the bog preserved the body so well has to do with the acidity of the bog, preventing microbes and bacteria from eating away at the body for millenia. Logically, that effect would apply to leather, as well. Take the chemicals and preservation techniques museum conservators use to arrest the deterioration of historical artifacts into account, and it's not at all surprising that it's the original rope. Part of the conservator's job is also to clean up the historical artifacts (as far as it is possible and responsible, that is). Most historical artifacts uncovered from the soil, are usually cleaned up before being exhibited in a museum, Okee...

I currently got an internship at a center that houses thousands of historical artifacts, documents, as well as a conservator work station. Two weeks ago, one of the conservators sat down at the work station near me with a 700 year old skull....where the brain was still inside. Admittedly, it had turned into soap and shrunken in size, but you could basicly still tell it was a brain.

[heydaralon]

The bog man was a false flag operation from the EU to confiscate the time machines of Europeans. By making the past seem violent and dangerous, Merkel and her Brussels buddies are attempting to steal time machines using state sanctioned fraud and prevent the citizens of their nations from exercising their god-given right to travel back to the past. I'm getting really fed up with this shit because it is everywhere I look.