The style of the woolen cloak in which she was wrapped dates this woman to the late 16th century, distinguishing her from the more common Iron Age bog bodies. She was in her late 20s or early 30s ...

Known as ‘bog people’ or ‘bog bodies’, the corpses of mostly Iron Age humans have been mummified naturally by the biochemical composition of the peat bogs. The natural phenomenon has preserved bodies ...

More than a thousand bog bodies and skeletons have come to light, and scientists now have the means to study the remains in such detail that they can, in a sense, resurrect these ancient people.