
Bog body - Wikipedia
A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, …
Bog bodies | Definition, Preservation, Photos, Tollund Man ...
2025年3月1日 · A bog body is any of several hundred variously preserved human remains found in natural peat bogs, mostly in northern and western Europe but also elsewhere. Some bodies …
List of bog bodies - Wikipedia
Bog bodies, or bog people, are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The bodies have been most commonly found in the northern …
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies | Britannica
Dredged out of the past and hinting at violent mysteries, bog bodies intrigue and haunt us. The how of their existence is known: bogs (cold-weather swamps) are excellent preservers of …
Bog Bodies - National Geographic Society
2024年5月8日 · Violently killed thousands of years ago, these corpses of men, women, and children have been naturally preserved by the unique chemistry of Northern Europe’s bogs. …
Europe's Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their ...
How fruitful a way forward are these high-tech invasions of the flesh? Eamonn Kelly, the Irish bog body scholar, urges caution and humility.
Bog Body: Mummified Corpses of the Iron Age - History …
2023年5月23日 · A bog body is a naturally mummified corpse found in peat bogs. Found throughout western and northern Europe, these remains are so well preserved that the people …
Bog Bodies, Europe's Ancient Mummies Preserved In Peat
2024年6月23日 · From the Tollund Man to the Yde Girl, the ancient European mummies known as bog bodies date back thousands of years and are some of history's best-preserved corpses. …
Tollund Man: What we know about Europe’s most famous bog body
2024年2月6日 · When a family cutting peat for fuel unearthed a mysterious body in a Danish bog in 1950, they assumed the well-preserved corpse was a local murderer’s latest victim. In fact, …
Brutality of prehistoric life revealed by Europe’s bog bodies
2023年1月11日 · In 1984, a peat cutter discovered human remains in a bog in Cheshire, England. They belonged to a man who died a brutal death some 2,100 years ago before being placed in …