Researchers used modern-day technology to reanalyze food particulates collected from the Tollund Man.
Bjældskovdal near Silkeborg, Denmark, the diggers found a body of a man buried eight feet below the ground. They notified the local police, who, after preliminary analysis, transferred the remains to the Silkeborg Museum. After the scientific study, the Museum declared that the well-preserved body was actually over 2,400 years old and the legend of the Tollund Man was born.
In the recent study, researchers at the Silkeborg Museum along with those at The National Museum and Aarhus University in Denmark have reanalyzed these contents using modern technologies. The researchers found that while barley and flax were used, the seeds of wild plant pale persicaria were also deliberately mixed and were not accidental since threshing and cleaning of grains was in practice at that time.
By analyzing cholesterol content, the researchers also concluded that a fatty fish was also part of the meal. Charred contents in the stomach suggest that the meal was cooked in a clay pot but did not contain any 'intoxicating' ingredient.
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