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At Alken Enge in Denmark, excavations over the past six decades have uncovered the remains of nearly 400 people.
military history

In Denmark, an Ancient Army Met a Mysterious End in a Lake

Archaeologists have found the remains of hundreds of Iron Age fighters at Alken Enge—but they didn't die there.
Nicky Nielsen November 5, 2024
Blanket bog on the Hill of Gremista, Scotland.
bog bodies

Save the Bogs, for Peat's Sake

These little-loved wetlands are a crucial front in the fight against climate change.
Sarah Laskow August 2, 2017
The bog butter bundle, after 18 months.
food

I Can't Believe It's Butter That Was Buried in a Bog!

Following an ancient Irish practice, one man made his own bog butter.
Sarah Laskow June 27, 2017
bog bodies

Found: A 14th-Century Sword Dropped in a Peat Bog

It's in relatively good shape, for a centuries-old sword.
Sarah Laskow June 19, 2017
food

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old, 22-Pound, Still-Edible Hunk of Bog Butter

Maybe not the best thing to eat, though.
Sarah Laskow June 13, 2016
mummies

The Bog Bodies

Allison Meier October 3, 2013
Schleswig, Germany

The Bog Bodies at the Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
A bog body.
Dublin, Ireland

Kingship and Sacrifice

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.
Grauballe Man.
Højbjerg, Denmark

Grauballe Man

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.
The bog body has permanently been moved to the Cultural Museum in Vejle.
Vejle, Denmark

Haraldskær Woman

When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.
Assen, Netherlands

Yde Girl

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.
Lindow Man
London, England

Lindow Man

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
Tollund Man
Silkeborg, Denmark

Tollund Man

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.