Broddenbjerg idol
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broddenbjerg-idol-319-15058195
title:
Broddenbjerg idol
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The Broddenbjerg idol is a wooden ithyphallic figure found in a bog at Broddenbjerg, near Viborg, Denmark and now in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. It is dated to approximately 535–520 BCE. The figure was discovered in a bog in spring 1880 by someone cutting peat. It is carbon-dated to approximately 535–520 BCE, the later Bronze Age, making it the oldest such figure in Denmark; prior to testing, it had been dated later, to the Roman Iron Age. It is made of an oak branch which was
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5th-century BC wood figure found in Denmark
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broddenbjerg_idol
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2023-10-12T17:03:19Z
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