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]

These are men and women (also some adolescents and a few children) who were laid down long ago in the raised peat bogs of Northern Europe—mostly Denmark, Germany, England, Ireland and the ...

Oct 16, 2023 · Bog bodies, also known as bog people, are human cadavers that have been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Many bog bodies date back to the Iron Age (around 1300 B.C.E. to 800 C.E., depending on the region), though some are even older.

Jun 23, 2024 · Bog bodies are corpses that are mummified when they are submerged in highly acidic bodies of water with low temperatures and oxygen levels, such as peat bogs — and dozens of them have been accidentally uncovered across Europe over the centuries.

May 8, 2024 · Violently killed thousands of years ago, these corpses of men, women, and children have been naturally preserved by the unique chemistry of Northern Europe’s bogs. Today, archaeologists and anthropologists are acting as crime-scene investigators.

Jan 22, 2025 · On May 6, 1950, brothers Viggo and Emil Hojgaard were mining peat on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark when they accidentally discovered a body. They immediately called the police, thinking they had stumbled upon a recent murder victim.

Lindow Man is a well-preserved human body found in a peat-bog at Lindow Moss, near Manchester, in 1984. He died a violent death, sustaining many injuries before he was placed face down in a pool in the bog.

May 23, 2023 · A bog body is a naturally mummified corpse found in peat bogs. Found throughout western and northern Europe, these remains are so well preserved that the people who discovered them mistook them for recent deaths.

Apr 3, 2010 · Bog bodies, or the bog people, are extremely well-preserved ancient corpses that have been discovered in the peatlands of Northern Europe. The peatlands appear to have served as mass graveyards from BCE to medieval times, and many of the bodies reveal violent deaths.

Known as ‘bog people’ or ‘bog bodies’, the corpses of mostly Iron Age humans have been mummified naturally by the biochemical composition of the peat bogs. The natural phenomenon has preserved bodies that date back as far as 8000 BC and as recently as World War II.