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24th January 1890: The Shigir Idol, the oldest wooden sculpture in the world, discovered in Russia

24th January 2026
Tagged as: Ancient, Archaeology, Art, Mesolithic, Peat Bog, Pre-history, Prehistoric, Russia, Sculpture, Shigir Idol

The prehistoric sculpture, which is twice as old as the pyramids, was found during gold mining operations at the Shigir peat bog near present-day Yekaterinburg.

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8th May 1950: The Tollund Man, who lived in the 5th century BC, discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg in Denmark

8th May 2025
Tagged as: Archaeology, Denmark, Germania, Hanging, Iron Age, Peat Bodies, Peat Bog, Tollund Man

The Tollund Man was remarkably well-preserved thanks to the cold, acidic, and low oxygen conditions of the peat bog, which slowed decay.

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24th January 1890: The Shigir Idol, the oldest wooden sculpture in the world, discovered in Russia

8th May 1950: The Tollund Man, who lived in the 5th century BC, discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg in Denmark

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

10th September 1919: Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain at the end of the First World War

9th September 1513: Battle of Flodden marks the largest battle to ever take place between Scotland and England

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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