Archaeologists make gruesome discovery near Skanderborg, Denmark
Gimme that old time religion -- yikes!
The Copenhagen Post
July 31, 2014
Archaeologists make gruesome discovery near Skanderborg
Researchers discover the remains of four human pelvic bones attached to a stick
Researchers conducting excavations in bogs near Skanderborg in eastern Jutland have uncovered evidence of what they believed to be ritual pagan violence inflicted on the corpses of some of the warriors who fell in a major battle during the Iron Age, sometime around the birth of Christ.
“We found a wooden stick bearing the pelvic bones of four different men,” said project head Mads Kähler Holst from Aarhus University on the university’s blog. “In addition, we have unearthed bundles of bones, bones bearing marks of cutting and scraping, and crushed skulls.”
Denmark attracted international attention in 2012 when excavations revealed the bones of an entire army, whose warriors had been thrown into the bogs near the Alken Enge wetlands in eastern Jutland after losing a major battle. Work has continued in the area since then, and archaeologists and other experts from Aarhus University, the Skanderborg Museum and the Moesgaard Museum recently unearthed these latest findings
Losing their religion
Holst said that the team believes that the gathering and desecrating of the remains was probably a religious act of some kind....
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