More than a thousand bog bodies and skeletons have come to light, and scientists now have the means to study the remains in such detail that they can, in a sense, resurrect these ancient people.

Cast into northern European wetlands, bog bodies have long appeared as opaque to archaeologists as their dark and watery graves. But new clues are coming in the centuries-old mystery of their origins.

"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered ... to provide more clues about how people lived ...

perhaps ignominious burial in a bog was Iron Age people’s way of separating “us” from “them.” Since 2000, about half-a-dozen bog bodies have been discovered in Ireland, and new studies ...

Bog-mummified people are mainly found in raised bogs ... A fundamental question about these Iron Age victims is why. Were they murdered? Executed? Sacrificed to the gods, perhaps as fertility ...

However, the practice of sacrificing or killing people in bogs — leaving behind remains known as "bog bodies" — spans ... transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age." ...

“As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent ... “The stories and intrinsic knowledge associated with people from the past may be strange and disturbing ...

‘A dark elderberry place’ Bog-mummified people are mainly found in raised ... Advertising A fundamental question about these Iron Age victims is why. Were they murdered? Executed?

Archaeologists have unveiled two Iron Age "bog bodies" which were found in the Republic of Ireland. The bodies, which are both male and have been dated to more than 2,000 years old, probably belong to ...

“As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered ... “The stories and intrinsic knowledge associated with people from the past may be strange and disturbing to us ...