In October 2023, police in Northern Ireland uncovered a disturbing set of human remains in a bog just outside of Bellaghy. With patches of skin, fingernails, and even one organ still partially ...

Europe’s bog bodies have fascinated people since one was first documented in 1640 in Holstein, Germany. Since then, some 2,000 more bodies have emerged in the wetlands of Ireland, the United ...

The phenomenon of so-called bog bodies dates to around the 17th century, when stunningly preserved, mummified remains began rising — literally — from Northern Europe’s various boglands.

Finding human remains in the bog didn't come as a complete surprise – for centuries there had been accounts of body parts turning up in bogs similar to Lindow Moss across Northern Europe. Peat ...

His remains were found in Porsmose Bog, near Naestved, Denmark, in 1946 ... from 266 historical bog sites across a swath of northern Europe, from Ireland to the Baltic States. ...

An ancient body found in a Northern Ireland bog was likely decapitated and sacrificed, researchers said. Screengrab from Police Service of Northern Ireland's Youtube video More than a year ago ...

Bodies were buried in bogs across northern Europe for thousands of years. Archaeologists have undertaken the first comprehensive study of more than 1,000 bog bodies found across Ireland, Scotland ...

In Northern Europe, bogs offer more sinister produce, from wads of ancient butter to leathery chunks of human bodies—which give archaeologists a view of life and death as it was centuries ago.

Peat bogs, such as Volo Bog Natural Area in northern Illinois, sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. Volo Bog formed as a glacial lake more than 6,000 years ago.