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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm

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Upper Lorraine

historical region, France

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establishment by Bruno

In Lorraine: History
…into two parts, the southern Upper Lorraine and the northern Lower Lorraine, with their boundary running from a point on the Rhine north of Andernach westward and southwestward to a point on the Meuse north of Mézières. Lower Lorraine thus included most of the historic Netherlands belonging to the German…
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history of Lorraine

In Lorraine
…into two parts, the southern Upper Lorraine and the northern Lower Lorraine. In 1190 the duke of Lower Lorraine took the name of duke of Brabant. With the dissolution of the lower duchy, the upper duchy came to be called simply Lorraine.
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