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Images about bog bodies

Iron age findings all over Europe have one thing in common; the appearence of bog bodies.
Bog bodies are people that were left in the swamps after they had been sacrificed or sentenced to dead.
Some of the most famous bog bodies can be seen in the Drents Museum in Assen, NL .
Visit their sites for more information.

Animated findings belonging to the girl from Yde (NL)

The girl from Yde (with reconstructed face). She was killed with a "sprang wooven" belt.

The 2 men from Weerdinge

Blond and black hairs turn red by the acids in the swamps. So one can hardly say their hairs were in fact blond or black.

The Tollund man, also strangled, this time with a rope


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