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I live close to both Silkeborg and Aarhus that have the museums containing the Tollund man and the Grauballe man. I only learned about the Danish bog bodies as
by 0xDEF 4y ago
I live close to both Silkeborg and Aarhus that have the museums containing the Tollund man and the Grauballe man. I only learned about the Danish bog bodies as an adult while browsing English Wikipedia.
The history curriculum in Danish schools is embarrassingly sparse on pre-Christian history. Danish kids probably learn more about the Vikings from Hollywood and video games that in school. But that doesn't cover the pre-Viking history and the cultures of the people who became bog bodies.
- erk__ 4y agoI was taught about the eras with the bronze and Iron age. I think one of the reasons is that teachers have a lot to say about which parts of history they want to teach. This is because the history curriculum (læseplan) is more built up as a series of goals about understanding, than knowledge about specific historical eras.