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396:764–515 BC)
170:radiographs
155:Tollund Man
153:, like the
137:Examination
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44:375–175 BCE
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720:Categories
695:Peter Glob
668:Bog butter
612:Nydam Mose
556:70–220 AD)
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486:3rd c. BC)
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370:Cashel Man
331:Bog bodies
324:Bog bodies
190:References
108:P. V. Glob
642:Chat Moss
622:Falbygden
540:Windeby I
218:, Trans.
120:Discovery
96:Silkeborg
80:, Denmark
78:Silkeborg
651:See also
530:Yde Girl
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110:'s book
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281:1 April
100:Denmark
61:Hanging
163:X rays
151:hanged
102:. The
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174:braid
90:is a
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283:2012
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