Aschbroeken Man

Emmen, Drenthe Province

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Aschbroeken Man was found in the Bourtange swamp in 1931.  His body was dated to 900 BCE.  His skull was lost soon after the discovery.  He had a broken right arm that had never healed properly.  He was probably sacrificed because of his physical deformity.​

 

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Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Man

Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Drenthe Province

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There was very little of Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Man’s body left when it was discovered in 1938.  There was a lot of clothing though, a wool cap, a shoe, a cape and underwear.  It is not known how he died.  His body was dated to having come from 1200 BCE.

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Exloermond Man

Drenthe Province

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​Exloermond Man was found in 1914, naked with no clothing under peat.  Because his front half was not very well preserved, it was hard to tell if he was a male or female. But they later found beard stubbles, and knew he was a man.  He would have lived between 365 - 150 BCE.

 

 

Weerdinge Men

​Weerdingerveen, Drenthe Province

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The two bodies were found together in 1904 and it was originally thought that they were a man and a woman, but later realized that it was two men.  One body had a big cut in the stomach, and it’s intestines were out of the body.  They may have been father and son and lived between 160 BCE - 220 CE.

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