archaeologist Miranda old house green believes this murder is evidence of
believes this murder is evidence of
believes this murder is evidence of druid sacrifice preserved in forensic
druid sacrifice preserved in forensic
druid sacrifice preserved in forensic detail so this is where this man was
detail so this is where this man was
detail so this is where this man was found 20 years ago and he was thought
found 20 years ago and he was thought
found 20 years ago and he was thought quite by accident during peak cutting in
quite by accident during peak cutting in
quite by accident during peak cutting in August 1984 the peat cutter suddenly
August 1984 the peat cutter suddenly
August 1984 the peat cutter suddenly found what he thought was a branch of a
found what he thought was a branch of a
found what he thought was a branch of a tree went down to look at it found it
tree went down to look at it found it
tree went down to look at it found it was a limb he thought it looked
was a limb he thought it looked
was a limb he thought it looked suspicious and the police were called
suspicious and the police were called
suspicious and the police were called it was clearly part of a human body
now known as Lindo man the body found in
now known as Lindo man the body found in the bog was carbon dated to the mid 1st
the bog was carbon dated to the mid 1st
the bog was carbon dated to the mid 1st century AD the time of the Roman
century AD the time of the Roman
century AD the time of the Roman conquest
mummified in the peat his entire upper
mummified in the peat his entire upper body is extraordinarily well-preserved
body is extraordinarily well-preserved
body is extraordinarily well-preserved from his skin which still shows visible
from his skin which still shows visible
from his skin which still shows visible prints on his fingers to his internal
prints on his fingers to his internal
prints on his fingers to his internal organs
organs
organs whoo Lindo man was and exactly how and
whoo Lindo man was and exactly how and
whoo Lindo man was and exactly how and why he died has long been a puzzle well
why he died has long been a puzzle well
why he died has long been a puzzle well this person could accidentally fall into
this person could accidentally fall into
this person could accidentally fall into the bog he might have been the victim of
the bog he might have been the victim of
the bog he might have been the victim of a mugging but the forensic evidence
a mugging but the forensic evidence
a mugging but the forensic evidence suggests to me that he was a victim of a
suggests to me that he was a victim of a
suggests to me that he was a victim of a systematic killing we’ve got blows to
systematic killing we’ve got blows to
systematic killing we’ve got blows to the head we’ve got a throat cutting and
the head we’ve got a throat cutting and
the head we’ve got a throat cutting and to top it off we’ve got a garage so this
to top it off we’ve got a garage so this
to top it off we’ve got a garage so this poor person seems to have been hit at
poor person seems to have been hit at
poor person seems to have been hit at least twice on the head hard enough to
least twice on the head hard enough to
least twice on the head hard enough to shatter the skull but not to kill him
shatter the skull but not to kill him
shatter the skull but not to kill him outright then you’ve got a rope
outright then you’ve got a rope
outright then you’ve got a rope tightened around his neck and at the
tightened around his neck and at the
tightened around his neck and at the moment where the neck was constricted
moment where the neck was constricted
moment where the neck was constricted the throat was cut which would cause an
the throat was cut which would cause an
the throat was cut which would cause an enormous fountain of blood to rise up
enormous fountain of blood to rise up
enormous fountain of blood to rise up from the from the cut throat all adding
from the from the cut throat all adding
from the from the cut throat all adding to the performance the the theater of
to the performance the the theater of
to the performance the the theater of the thing was the death of Lindo man a
the thing was the death of Lindo man a
the thing was the death of Lindo man a ritual sacrifice at the hands of druids
ritual sacrifice at the hands of druids
ritual sacrifice at the hands of druids if so his threefold murder bludgeoned
if so his threefold murder bludgeoned
if so his threefold murder bludgeoned strangled and slashed across the throat
strangled and slashed across the throat
strangled and slashed across the throat is the most detailed evidence yet of how
is the most detailed evidence yet of how
is the most detailed evidence yet of how a druid human sacrifice may have taken
a druid human sacrifice may have taken
a druid human sacrifice may have taken place and another clue was found in
place and another clue was found in
place and another clue was found in lindo man’s gut mistletoe pollen there
lindo man’s gut mistletoe pollen there
lindo man’s gut mistletoe pollen there were four pollen grains of mistletoe and
were four pollen grains of mistletoe and
were four pollen grains of mistletoe and we know that mistletoe is highly
we know that mistletoe is highly
we know that mistletoe is highly significant for the Druids because we
significant for the Druids because we
significant for the Druids because we have plenty of testimony saying that the
have plenty of testimony saying that the
have plenty of testimony saying that the Druids cut down mistletoe
Druids cut down mistletoe
Druids cut down mistletoe using a golden sickle from a sacred oak
using a golden sickle from a sacred oak
using a golden sickle from a sacred oak tree so we can nail mistletoe and
tree so we can nail mistletoe and
tree so we can nail mistletoe and associate mistletoe with Lindo and
associate mistletoe with Lindo and
associate mistletoe with Lindo and therefore with the Druids
therefore with the Druids
therefore with the Druids Althouse green believes that lindo men
Althouse green believes that lindo men
Althouse green believes that lindo men may have been sacrificed to persuade the
may have been sacrificed to persuade the
may have been sacrificed to persuade the gods to halt the Roman advance we think
gods to halt the Roman advance we think
gods to halt the Roman advance we think the Lindo man died in the mid 1st
the Lindo man died in the mid 1st
the Lindo man died in the mid 1st century AD and the Romans are pushing
century AD and the Romans are pushing
century AD and the Romans are pushing Northwest from the southeast in order to
Northwest from the southeast in order to
Northwest from the southeast in order to smash Anglesey it’s a time of great
smash Anglesey it’s a time of great
smash Anglesey it’s a time of great crisis and yet again we have the idea of
crisis and yet again we have the idea of
crisis and yet again we have the idea of a sacrificial killing when people’s
a sacrificial killing when people’s
a sacrificial killing when people’s backs are up against the wall when it is
backs are up against the wall when it is
backs are up against the wall when it is essential that the Romans are stopped
essential that the Romans are stopped
essential that the Romans are stopped from smashing this holy of Holy’s of the
from smashing this holy of Holy’s of the
from smashing this holy of Holy’s of the Druids
Druids
Druids for this sacrifice the Druids select a
for this sacrifice the Druids select a
for this sacrifice the Druids select a special victim a young Celtic aristocrat
special victim a young Celtic aristocrat
special victim a young Celtic aristocrat we know from the forensic evidence
we know from the forensic evidence
we know from the forensic evidence studying the body of lindo man that he
studying the body of lindo man that he
studying the body of lindo man that he was of high status his fingernails were
was of high status his fingernails were
was of high status his fingernails were manicured he was neatly shaved he was in
manicured he was neatly shaved he was in
manicured he was neatly shaved he was in the prime of life
the prime of life
the prime of life he’d been groomed for this
there would be Scouts in the southeast
there would be Scouts in the southeast warning people in the northwest that
warning people in the northwest that
warning people in the northwest that this was coming the lesions were coming
this was coming the lesions were coming
this was coming the lesions were coming something had to be done to stop them in
something had to be done to stop them in
something had to be done to stop them in their tracks and what better way than
their tracks and what better way than
their tracks and what better way than sacrificing a high-status nobleman
if the sacrifice of a nobleman is meant
if the sacrifice of a nobleman is meant to hold back the Roman advance the
to hold back the Roman advance the
to hold back the Roman advance the gesture fails
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