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Grauballe Man: Ritual Sacrifice or a 2300-Year-Old Murder Mystery? The Grauballe Man was found by accident in a Danish bog in 1952. The acidity and lack of oxygen of the bog preserved him perfectly — including his head of hair and facial expression of sheer pain — for 2,300 years. Examiners have even determined his last meal.  The Grauballe Man is a bog body that was uncovered in 1952 from a peat bog near the village of Grauballe in Jutland, Denmark. The body is that of a man dating from the late 3rd century BC, during the early Germanic Iron Age. Based on the evidence of his wounds, he was most likely killed by having his throat slit. His corpse was then deposited in the bog, where his body was naturally preserved for over two millennia. His was not the only bog body to be found in the peat bogs of Jutland. Together with other notable examples, Tollund Man and the Elling Woman, Grauballe Man represents an established tradition at the time. It is commonly thought that these killing...