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The Bog Mummies of Europe

As if he had been poured

in tar, he lies

on a pillow of turf

and seems to weep

(Seamus Heaney)

Heaney

Content Warning

This could be considered graphic

Subtopic 1

The Grauballe Man

(Mosegaard Museum)

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How?

Pictures

A peat bog in Shetland, Scotland

(Greencitizen)

Why?

- For a lot of the bodies, we do not know

- Sometimes there are clues, but nothing is certain

Clothing

- They usually end up degrading

- Can help age a body

Clothing

Yde Girl

- Found in 1897

- Died around age 16

- Dated to around 170 BCE and 232 CE

- Died by strangulation

- There was also a stab wound

Details

Places Bog Bodies

Have Been Found

- Ireland

- England

- The Netherlands

- Denmark

(Briticanna)

Places

The Old Croragh Man

Ireland's

- Restraints

- Holes in arms and chest

- Many other gorey details

- Not a sacrifice victim

The Clonycavan man

- ax blow

- 40 cm wound on abdomen

- Believed to be King in charge of crops and livestock.

- Was a sacrifice

Clonycavan

The Weerdinge Couple

Other Bodies

- 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 and Windeby Boy

Windeby "girl"

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

Like Real People Do - Hozier

Popular Media

00:30

Like Real People Do - Hozier

Lyrics

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?

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