Iron Age 'bog bodies' unveiled
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryCountry: Ireland (Republic of) Archaeologists have unveiled two Iron Age "bog bodies" which were found in the Republic of Ireland. The bodies, which are both male and have been dated to more than 2,000 years ago, probably belong to the victims of a ritual sacrifice. In common with other bog bodies, they show signs of having been tortured before their deaths. Details of the finds are outlined in a BBC Timewatch documentary to be screened on 20 January.The first body dropped off a peat cutting machine in February 2003 in Clonycavan, near Dublin. The forearms, hands and lower abdomen are missing, believed to have been hacked off by the machine. The second was found in May the same year in Croghan, just 25 miles (40km) from Clonycavan. Old Croghan Man, as it has become known, was missing a head and lower limbs. It was discovered by workmen clearing a drainage ditch through a peat bog.
Both bodies were subsequently taken to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. A team of experts from the UK and Ireland have been examining the bodies to learn how they lived and died. Radiocarbon dating, for example, would show that both had died at similar times - around 2,300 years ago.
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