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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 ...
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Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of blood from her throat followed by decapitation," Eileen Murphy, an ...
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 ...
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2,000-year-old decapitated body found in Northern Ireland bog may have been sacrificed
Police Service of Northern Ireland Preserved ancient bodies found in watery environments, colloquially called “bog bodies,” are not the same as intentionally preserved remains through ...
2,000-year-old remains found in bog show signs of 'violent death'
The body was found close to Bellaghy in Northern Ireland in 2023 and is believed to belong to a girl between 17 and 22.
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Secrets of the Bellaghy bog body are finally revealed
“As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of blood from her throat followed by decapitation. “The head was taken ...
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Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of blood from her throat followed by decapitation," Eileen Murphy ...