Thousands of years ago, unfortunate souls met unusually grisly deaths in peat-drenched bogs, often condemned for some unknown sins or used as sacrifices. These bodies’ gruesome ends kept them uniquely well-preserved: scientists can determine diet, method of death, age, and even hair color of these so-called “bog bodies”.
The Landesmuseum in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany has five of these bodies and one bodiless head in its permanent collection. Some of the museum’s holdings include the following bodies:
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| The Lorenbahn | 2018 | 47.6km | site_ao | ||
| The Bog Bodies at the Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum | 2013 | 0km | site_ao | ||
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