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  • An Army Sacrificed in a Bog [ Alken, Denmark, 2K ago ]

    07/11/2012 4:45:07 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 28 replies
    Past Horizons Archaeology ^ | July 2012 | Aarhus University
    The unique discovery at the east end of Lake Mossø of a slaughtered army dating to around two thousand years ago, was revealed by Danish archaeologists in 2009. They had found skeletal material from up to 200 warriors, who may have all come from the same battle. Cuts and slashes on the skeletons showed they had died violently but nothing is as yet known about the identity of the killers, or their victims. In February this year it was announced that the Carlsberg Foundation has granted 1.5 million DKK for further research and excavations in Alken Wetlands. Archaeologists and other...