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800-Year-Old Story of Guy Thrown in Well Proven True by Archaeologists

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Researchers in Norway have identified a man thrown into a well 827 years ago as the exact same man described in an Old Norse saga.

The man was referenced in the Sverris Saga , an 800-year-old text that describes a military raid in 1197 .

He was thrown into the well, which was then filled with boulders, and his body remained there for eight centuries .

The one -for-one identification was made thanks to analyses of ancient DNA extracted from the dead man’s teeth.

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