The Sverris saga describes how castle invaders “took a dead man and cast him unto the well, and then filled it up with stones”, in what may have been an early act of biological warfare – and now researchers believe they have found the skeleton of the man in question The Sverris saga describes how castle invaders “took a dead man and cast him unto the well, and then filled it up with stones”, in what may have been an early act of biological warfare – and now researchers believe they have found the skeleton of the man in question New Scientist – News
DNA helps match ‘Well Man’ skeleton to 800-year-old Norwegian saga
