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, 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 …

Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets. High-tech tools divulge new information about the mysterious and violent fates met by these corpses

Jun 23, 2024 · 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.

May 8, 2024 · 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. Today, …

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 …

Oct 16, 2023 · Bog bodies, also known as bog people, are human cadavers that have been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Many bog bodies date back to the Iron Age (around 1300 …

Jan 11, 2023 · 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 …

Mar 1, 2025 · 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 …

Jul 18, 2014 · Ongoing research suggests at least two 2,000-year-old corpses had traveled before their deaths. Cast into northern European wetlands, bog bodies have long appeared as …