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Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC. 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, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]
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 European countries of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Reports of bog bodies surfaced during the early 18th century. [1]
Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is a well-preserved Irish Iron Age bog body found in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found. The find is on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
Other so-called "bog bodies" - the naturally preserved remains of long-deceased humans found in peat bogs - have been recovered and studied over the years, most commonly from Northern Europe.
Bodies subjected to “overkill” were thought to have been used in ritualistic offerings, researchers wrote. ‘Bog mummies’ had mysterious deaths in Europe — until new study revealed ...
The remains, which were discovered in October 2023, are now thought to be those of a young woman aged between 17 and 22 years old. She was about 5ft 6in tall (1.7m).
Gallagh Man is the name given to a preserved Iron Age bog body found in County Galway, Ireland, in 1821. The remains date to c. 470–120 BC , and are of a six-foot (1.8 m) tall, healthy male with dark and reddish hair, who is estimated to have been about 25 years old at the time of death.
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