Bog body
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A bog body is a 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 between 8
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC
Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC
Discoveries such as Röst Girl no longer exist, having been destroyed during the Second World War (photo date: 1926).
Windeby I, the body of a teenage boy, found in Schleswig, Germany
Lindow Man
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Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found
Bog body
…which dates to 2000 BC during the Bronze Age. The overwhelming majority of bog bodies – including examples such as Tollund Man, Grauballe Man and Lindow Man – date to the Iron Age and have been found in northwest Europe, particularly Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, Poland, and Ireland…
Facial reconstruction of Lindow Man
Lindow Man on display at the British Museum in 2023
The area of Lindow Moss where Lindow Man was discovered
Lindow Man's right foot