FfFfFfFF 58,133 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Shortly before his violent death in 400 B.C., a man — whose remains are known as Denmark's famous bog body "Tollund Man" — ate a meal of porridge and fish, a new study finds. "We have been able to reconstruct the last meal of Tollund Man in such great detail that you can actually recreate the meal," study lead researcher Nina Nielsen, an archaeologist and head of research at Museum Silkeborg in Denmark, told Live Science. "That's quite fascinating, because you can get so close to what actually happened 2,400 years ago." The analysis showed that by weight, the porridge was 85% barley (Hordeum vulgare), 9% a weed called pale persicaria (Persicaria lapathifolia) and 5% flax (Linum usitatissimum). The remaining 1% included a variety of seeds, including those from the weed corn spurrey (Spergula arvensis), the mustard family plant gold of pleasure (Camelina sativa) and three wetland plants: marsh willowherb (Epilobium palustre), compact/soft rush (Juncus conglomeratus/effusus) and marsh violet (Viola palustris). Tollund Man also had several parasitic infections from whipworms and mawworms, as well as the first reported case of tapeworm ever found in an ancient body preserved in a bog, said the researchers, who made the finding by studying a piece of Tollund Man's colon. Source: Livescience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 skinny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,545 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Part of me really wants to make that porridge I've always been interested in what people ate hundreds or thousands of years ago Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,133 Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said: skinny He was probably trying to eat the meal like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,854 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said: skinny why did this take me out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfaith 5,716 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 15 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said: skinny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLa 19,898 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 This is really cool, I'm obsessed with bog mummies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltoe Chariot 15,310 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 21 minutes ago, PartySick said: Part of me really wants to make that porridge I've always been interested in what people ate hundreds or thousands of years ago There’s a really great guy on YouTube who has a channel dedicated to authentically recreating meals from history, including a ton of ancient ones! https://youtube.com/c/TastingHistory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,545 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, CameltoeKween said: There’s a really great guy on YouTube who has a channel dedicated to authentically recreating meals from history, including a ton of ancient ones! https://youtube.com/c/TastingHistory Omg thank you! Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 29 minutes ago, Chromatislaps said: why did this take me out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 isnt it wild that we research our own species? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 How can they tell that the tapeworm hasn't got into colon in the hundreds of years since his death? Science is so amazing. Did he know he was going to be Sacrified? I wonder if he'd have enjoyed Chromatica Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabi001 2,470 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, bionic said: How can they tell that the tapeworm hasn't got into colon in the hundreds of years since his death? Science is so amazing. Did he know he was going to be Sacrified? I wonder if he'd have enjoyed Chromatica No, he would wished they kept bridge on Free Woman and he would demand Babylon HL version I'm not having fun tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,861 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, bionic said: How can they tell that the tapeworm hasn't got into colon in the hundreds of years since his death? Science is so amazing. Did he know he was going to be Sacrified? I wonder if he'd have enjoyed Chromatica I think a tapeworm on the earth ramdomly going up a body with old food that becomes fossilized and can no longer sustain it is pretty slim to none I think we can discount the possibility of it going in there hundreds of years later Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dojo 19,823 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 hours ago, PartySick said: Part of me really wants to make that porridge I've always been interested in what people ate hundreds or thousands of years ago literally rice, plants, cows, rain for hydration Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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