"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of ...

Decapitated Remains of a Woman Indicate Violent Death From Ritual Practice, Preserved as a 'Bog Body' Human sacrifices were ...

In October 2023, police in Northern Ireland uncovered a disturbing set of human remains in a bog just outside of Bellaghy.

New research into ancient human remains discovered in Bellaghy has revealed that what was potentially thought to be a male, is in fact most likely a decapitated female aged between 17 and 22 years old ...

20). The body first came to light when police were alerted to human remains on the surface of a peat bog in the village of Bellaghy in Northern Ireland. Initial examination of the body showed that ...

The story of a man found in a peat bog over 2,000 years ago, wearing only a fox fur arm band ... looking at what he means to us today. Bryan Sitch, Head of Human Cultures said: ‘There are few moments ...

Most gardeners live a long way from peat bogs and may not see the appeal or the value of them but every time someone uses peat they're contributing to the destruction of this special and important ...

Over the past few centuries, and likely before then, men harvesting peat in European bogs have struck upon remarkable and, to the peat cutters, no doubt frightening discoveries. More than a ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter afternoon ...