 Doctors determined she had been about 50 years old when she died and in good health without signs of degenerative diseases (such as arthritis) which are typically found in human remains of that age.In 1979, doctors at Århus Hospital undertook a further forensic examination of the Haraldskær Woman.By this time, the body had desiccated, shrunken, and the skin was leathery, severely wrinkled and folded.