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Braided with a flourish, the hair on Osterby Man, a body dug from a bog in northern Germany, is wound in an Iron Age style called a Swabian knot. Tacitus, a Roman historian, wrote that free men belonging to a group called the Suevians wore their hair like this and that young warriors from other Germanic tribes copied the style. “They thus dress when proceeding to war," wrote Tacitus, “and deck their heads so as to add to their height and terror in the eyes of the enemy.”

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The Osterby head with Suebian Knot - knot dates back 2,000 years - Suebian warriors combed their hair back or sideways and tied it into a knot, allegedly with the purpose of appearing taller and more awe-inspiring on the battlefield.... it was also a status symbol to distinguish the free men from the slaves...

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The Suebian knot (German: Suebenknoten) is a historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi. The knot is attested by Tacitus in his 1st century CE work Germania, found on art by and depictions of the Germanic peoples, and worn by bog bodies.

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The Suebian knot is a hair style associated with Germanic peoples during the iron age. Many bog bodies recovered in what is now Denmark and northern Germany display this distinct hairstyle. Tacitus in his work "Germania" also describes this knot, and associates it particularly with the tribe called Suebi. The Suebi gave their name to modern day Swabia. -DK #hairstyle #germanic

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The Suebian knot (German: Suebenknoten) is a historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi/Swabian. [The Osterby Bog Man]. @Jess Pearl Pearl Pearl Liu zheng.wikipedia.org

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thelastdiadoch: The Suebian Knot and the Osterby ManThe Osterby manRadiocarbon dated to 75-130 AD, maybe even as late as 220 ADDiscovered on the 28th of May, 1948.Kohlmoor near Osterby, Germany by Otto and Max MüllerAfter finding the head wrapped in deer skin they began searching for the body but found nothing. This lead to the belief that the head alone was deposited into the bog. According to the Gottorp Museum, that the Osterby man was about 50-60 years old. The hair was originally…

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thelastdiadoch: “ The Suebian Knot and the Osterby Man The Osterby man Radiocarbon dated to 75-130 AD, maybe even as late as 220 AD Discovered on the 28th of May, 1948. Kohlmoor near Osterby, Germany...

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Osterby Man from Germany. 75 and 130 CE upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… Osterby Men Ilmarinenkowal

Mummified head of Osterby Man, a bog body - Stock Image - E439/0028

The mummified head of Osterby Man, a first century bog body, still has his hair tied in a Suabian knot - a hairstyle described by Tacitus in his book 'Germania'

the osterby head with suebian knot. the suebian knot is a historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the germanic suebi. the knot is attested by tacitus in his 1st century ce work germania, found on art by and depictions of the germanic peoples, and worn by bog bodies.

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folkthings: “The Osterby Head with Suebian knot. The Suebian knot is a historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi. The knot is attested by Tacitus in his 1st century CE work...

Osterby Man. Mummified head of Osterby Man, a "bog body" dated between 70-220 AD. His well-preserved hair is tied in a Swabian knot. This severed head was discovered in 1948 wrapped in a deerskin cape in a bog at Kohlmoor near Osterby, Germany. This elderly man had 25 cm long hair. The hairstyle, a Swabian knot, named after the male coiffure of the period in that part of Germany, was described by the Roman author Tacitus in his book Germania (98 AD).

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The "Bog Bodies" of northwest Europe date from the Iron age, some 2000 years ago, and have been reserved throught the centuries by the peculiar conditions of peat bogs: low temperature and oxygen; high levels of tannins. Most died a violent death; strangulation, decapitation, stabbing or ritual sacrifice.

Osterby Man

The "Osterby Man" was found in a peat bog in 1948 CE near Osterby, Germany and has been dated to between 75 and 130 CE. He sports a Suebian knot, a hairstyle...

Osterby Man with en:Suebian knot on display at Archäologisches Landesmuseum en:Gottorf Castle, Schleswig Germany. Found in 1948 in the Köhlmoor near en:Osterby. C14 dated beween 75 and 130 AD.

The Suebian knot on the Osterby Man. Photo by Bullenwächter via ...

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NSFW: Osterby Man: bog body of which only the skull and hair survive. The hair is unusually well preserved and is tied above the right temple in a Suebian knot. 70-220 AD, Germany