bog body

Nearly a year-and-a-half ago human remains were recovered from a peat bog near the village of Bellaghy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Given the condition of the body, it was believed the person had been ritually sacrificed during the Iron Age, or around 2,000 years ago. At first it was thought the remains were those of a teenage boy, but researchers have now discovered that they actually belonged to a young woman, making them more unusual since most of the so-called “bog bodies” found in European countries have been male. This surprising discovery has been credited to experts from the Ulster Museum and several universities, including Queen’s University Belfast. According to the new analysis, the woman was a young adult