Study Reveals Ancient Chieftain Killed in Battle

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Source: Copenhagen Post

One of the country's best preserved iron age skeletons was most likely a casualty of war, a year-long study has determined

Experts studying the remains of an iron age grave discovered in Ishøj in 2007 say the chieftain that was buried there 1,800 years ago probably died in battle.

Science website videnskab.dk reports that a year-long study of the chieftain's remains revealed that a star-shaped hole in the top of the skull and two four-inch slashes on the back of the skull were likely the cause of death.

Slashes on his left leg that appear to have been made by someone standing below him indicate he was mounted at the time of the injury, according to University of Copenhagen anthropologist Pia Bennike.

The study also revealed that the Ishøj chieftain was about 40 years old at the time of death and about 180cm tall. Among the gifts found in his grave was a wine drinking set made in the Roman Empire.

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1. Not to pick nits, but

Study Reveals Ancient Chieftain {most likely, probably, appears to have been} Killed in Battle