In Stenløse, Denmark, archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old bog body or human bones. According to Emil Struve, a ROMU museum archaeologist, they got excited when they encountered this discovery. The bones seem like they’re on to something worth exploring.

According to Live Science, the archaeologists examined the site before constructing a housing development, as Danish law requires. While excavating the area, Struve and other archaeologists discovered what appeared to be a human femur. 

While digging, they also discovered a jaw with intact teeth, a pelvis, and other leg bones. There are animal bones and an ax in the area, which led the archaeologist to believe that the bones belonged to a human sacrifice victim. It was believed that the body might have been sacrificed during the Neolithic. 

In the meantime, they hope to learn more about the bog body from the bones they’ve excavated. Struve told Live Science that by examining the pelvis, they might be able to identify the age and sex of the remains by studying the wear on their teeth. The teeth may also contain DNA that can be used to reconstruct the life of the bog body.

Struve and others are eager to find out more. This discovery makes him and the rest of the team want to know more about how the bog ended in the location.

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Charlotte Haagendrup, the chairman of Egedal Municipality’s culture committee, also chimed in as she’s eager to uncover the history behind the bones in the area.