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As if he had been poured
in tar, he lies
on a pillow of turf
and seems to weep
(Seamus Heaney)
This could be considered graphic
(Mosegaard Museum)
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A peat bog in Shetland, Scotland
(Greencitizen)
- For a lot of the bodies, we do not know
- Sometimes there are clues, but nothing is certain
- They usually end up degrading
- Can help age a body
- Found in 1897
- Died around age 16
- Dated to around 170 BCE and 232 CE
- Died by strangulation
- There was also a stab wound
- Ireland
- England
- The Netherlands
- Denmark
(Briticanna)
- Restraints
- Holes in arms and chest
- Many other gorey details
- Not a sacrifice victim
- ax blow
- 40 cm wound on abdomen
- Believed to be King in charge of crops and livestock.
- Was a sacrifice
- Found in the Netherlands in 1904
- found holding each other
- At first one was believed to be female, but later disproved
- Both bodies are now confirmed male
Windeby Girl
- no signs of damage
- first seen as a girl because the frame was small
- Later on identifed as a boy
Windeby Boy
- Similar story to Windeboy girl
- Was seen as Windeby girls lover
- Is 300 years older
00:30
I had a thought, dear
However scary
About that night
The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging?
What did you bury
Before those hands pulled me
From the earth?