Violence there surely had been, but the evidence suggested that the man had gone willingly to his death as an act of sacrificeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:19:15 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA180101 Boxid_2 BWB220141115 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st Touchstone ed. Scientists soon determined, however, that Lindow Man's executioners were already far beyond the reach of the law their victim had died some two millenniums ago, carbon analysis showed, and his flesh had been accidentally preserved by the oxygen-free acidic moisture of the peat. The victim, forensic inspection revealed, had been bludgeoned, garroted with a ceremonial cord, drained of blood and drowned. 1, 1984, a workman harvesting peat from Lindow Moss bog near Manchester in the English Midlands made a gruesome discovery: embedded in the sodden peat was the upper half of a slain man, fresh enough to interest the local police. The riddle of the blackened bread - The silent witness - Face to face with a Druid - Lovernios revealed - The fox's earth - The black year - The golden twist - The triple echo - The Druids - Celts and Germans Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-176) and index
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