Bog, Northern Ireland and decapitation

2,000-Year-Old Bog Body Found In Northern Ireland Was A Young Woman Who Was Decapitated In A Presumed Ritual Sacrifice
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 intact,
2,000-year-old decapitated body found in Northern Ireland bog may have been sacrificed
Initial excavations found bones from the arms, legs, fingers and breastbone, police said. Because the body had been well preserved in the bog environment, researchers also found partial skin, fingernails from the left hand, some toenails and what appears to be a kidney.
Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of blood from her throat followed by decapitation," Eileen Murphy, an archaeologist at Queen's University Belfast who studied the body, said in a statement on Thursday (Feb. 20).
Iron Age remains found in bog may have been sacrificial
The remains, which were discovered in October 2023, are thought to be those of a young woman.
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