where the Bodies Are Buried

Mummies have been found all over northwest Europe, particularly in areas with a high concentration of peat

01 Tollund Man

The best-preserved bog body was about 30 when he was hanged in the 4th-3rd centuries BCE. Apart from a cap, belt and a noose around his neck, he was buried naked.

02 Lindow Man

This young man was strangled, bludgeoned and had his throat cut sometime in the 1st century CE at Lindow Moss in Cheshire. This was Britain’s first well-preserved bog body.

03 Grauballe Man

Discovered in Denmark in 1952, this 30-year-old man may have experienced starvation before having his throat cut from ear to ear around the third century BCE.

04 Cashel Man

Possibly a king, Cashel Man lived in County Laois, Ireland, in the early Bronze Age around 2,000 BCE, making him the oldest fleshed bog body in Europe. The way in which he was buried suggests ritual sacrifice.

05 Huldremose Woman

This wealthy Jutland woman wore a checked woollen blue skirt, a red scarf and two sheepskin capes. She also had a comb and headband, and ate a form of rye bread before being hanged.

06 Kayhausen Boy

One of the few children to be found in a peat bog, this sevenyear-old boy met his end after being stabbed in the throat three times with a dagger. He died in the 4th cenutry BCE in Lower Saxony, Germany.

07 Elling Woman

This woman died in her 20s and was found wrapped in a sheepskin cape with a leather cloak tied around her legs. Her long, red hair was split into seven twisted pigtails and she is though to have been hanged around 280 BCE.

08 Haraldskaer Woman

Found in Gunnhild’s Bog in Jutland, she was misidentified as Queen Gunnhild, who was drowned in a bog in the 10th century in Icelandic sagas. She is actually 15 centuries older!

09 Yde Girl

This 16-year-old, who lived in the early 1st or late 2nd century BCE, was found wrapped in a woollen cape in northeast Holland in 1897. She suffered from a curved spine and had long, reddish-blonde hair.

10 Old Croghan Man

At almost two metres, this man from County Offaly, Ireland, was unusually tall for his time. Possibly royal, he was in his early 20s when he died between 362 and 175 BCE. Only his torso survives today.