Best Human Remains
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Otzi the Iceman is a naturally mummified man found in the Alps in 1991, dating to about 3300 BC and preserving clothing, tools, and tattoos.
Tollund Man is an Iron Age bog body found in Denmark in 1950, preserved with a noose and dated to around the 4th century BC.
Grauballe Man is an Iron Age bog body found in Denmark in 1952, dated to the 3rd century BC and preserved with clear evidence of a cut throat.
Gebelein Man is a naturally mummified Predynastic Egyptian man from about 3400 BC, with CT evidence suggesting he died from a stab wound.
Lindow Man is an Iron Age bog body found in Cheshire, England, in 1984, notable for preserving evidence of a violent death in the 1st century AD.
Ginger is the informal name once used for the first Gebelein mummy, a red-haired Predynastic Egyptian body displayed at the British Museum since 1901.
Old Croghan Man is an Irish Iron Age bog body found in County Offaly in 2003, radiocarbon dated to 362-175 BC and linked to ritual killing.
