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2,000-Year-Old Bog Body Found In Northern Ireland Was A Young Woman Who Was Decapitated In A Presumed Ritual Sacrifice
In 2023, workers in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland made the chilling discovery of a set of eerily preserved human remains buried deep in a bog. Now, further analysis has revealed that the body ...
Ancient remains discovered in Co Derry bog ‘likely to belong to young woman’ who died violently
Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived over 2,000 years ago and who died violently, likely as part of a ritual sacrifice. Further research ...
Irish Sun25d
Gruesome mystery of 2,000-year-old headless woman found in Irish bog finally uncovered by scientists
Research into Iron Age bog bodies by the National Museum of Ireland has shown human sacrifices were likely connected to sovereignty and kinship rituals. Speaking to the Irish Examiner in 2011 ...
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Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
The body first came to light when police were alerted to human remains on the surface of a peat bog in the village of Bellaghy in Northern Ireland. Initial examination of the body showed that it ...
Miami Herald27d
2,000-year-old decapitated body found in Northern Ireland bog may have been sacrificed
An ancient body found in a Northern Ireland bog was likely decapitated and sacrificed, researchers said. Screengrab from Police Service of Northern Ireland's Youtube video More than a year ago ...
Iron Age remains found in bog may have been sacrificial
Ancient human remains discovered in peatland in County Londonderry in 2023 are now thought to be those of a young woman who died more than two millennia ago. She is believed to have been killed as ...
Leinster Express2d
Laois bog road to be considered for 2025 resurfacing job
In reply, Laois County Council district engineer Wes Wilkinson said that his office will examine the L2715 Bog Road, ...
Kildare Nationalist3d
New movie brings Kildare bog to the big screen
Limerick-born Paudie, has used Kildare as the setting for two of his short films, Peat and Rip to the Rescue which was the ...
Belfast Telegraph29d
2,000-year-old body found in NI bog ‘one of the most important archaeological discoveries on the island’
Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Londonderry bog are believed to belong to a ... archaeological discoveries on the island of Ireland”. The study, led by National Museums NI, has involved ...
Yahoo28d
Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
The body first came to light when police were alerted to human remains on the surface of a peat bog in the village of Bellaghy in Northern Ireland. Initial examination of the body showed that it was ...