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01/28/08

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Categories: History In The News, British History, Museums And Historic Sites

Bog Man Is On The Move

The remains of Iron Age "bog body" Lindow Man as pictured above are leaving the British Museum to go on display in Manchester. Here is a snippet from the BBC:

The remains of an Iron Age man found in a peat bog are leaving the British Museum for the first time in 17 years.

Lindow Man was found in a Cheshire marsh in 1984, nearly 2,000 years after his horrific death.

Chemicals in the bog preserved the body and researchers found his throat was slit and he was garrotted, possibly as a sacrificial victim.

Lindow Man is being moved from London to the Manchester Museum, on long-term loan, and will be displayed from April.

He was found on Lindow Moss near Wilmslow and is the best preserved body of its era in the UK.

Study of the remains by scientists has improved knowledge of Iron Age activities and made it possible to see the face of a person from the prehistoric past.

Full BBC Article Here

I have always been fascinated by the "bog people" and hope to see Lindow Man in person in the not too distant future.

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