Remains of hundreds of warriors found in Danish bog

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The remains of hundreds of warriors who died violent deaths 2,000 years ago are being excavated from a bog in Denmark.

The evidence of violence is clear at the site, which is now a bog. Excavators reported today (Aug. 14) that they have uncovered damaged human bones, including a fractured skull and a thigh bone that was hacked in half, along with axes, spears, clubs and shields.

Over the years, human bones have turned up periodically in the area. This summer’s excavation follows on work done in 2008 and 2009, when archaeologists found single, scattered bones lying under about 6.6 feet (2 meters) of peat on an old lake bed in the Alken Enge wetlands near Lake Mossø in East Jutland, Denmark.

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Story: LiveScience | Photo: Curator Ejvind Hertz, Skanderborg Museum

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