A Bevy of Bog Bodies

Well, Dear Guest, how do you feel about getting a little dirty? (not like that) Join us tonight!- as we slip into the slime with Bog Bodies!! How old are they? How did they all get into the bogs in the first place? What kind of fashion sense did they have? What kind of tea do they prefer? Visit The Reading Room and hear your Host, Miranda Merrick get down and dirty with: A Bevy of Bog Bodies (No bog bodies will be harmed, molested, or bathed during this reading...probably)

Bog body Clonycavan Man at National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, around 4th or 3rd century BC

Remains of the Weerdinge Men. Both bog bodies were discovered by Hilbrand Gringhuis while turfing in Weerdingerveen, Province Drenthe, Netherlands on 29 June 1904. Both Men were deposited on the bog between 200 and 400 A.D.

Head of bog body Tollund Man. Found on 1950-05-06 near Tollund, Silkebjorg, Denmark and C14 dated to approximately 375-210 BCE.

Sphagnum Moss, which helps create bog bodies

Bog body "Kreepen Man" after his excavation in 1903 in a provisional cradle for transport. The remains of the body no longer exist.

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