Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and (in jest) as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat cutters.

A number of skeletons found in Florida have been called "bog people". These skeletons are the remains of people buried in peat between 5,000 and 8,000 years ago, during the Early and Middle Archaic period in the Americas. The peat at the Florida sites is loosely consolidated and much wetter than in European bogs.

2014年8月2日 · Thirty years ago, a peat cutter working in the Cheshire countryside spotted what he thought was a piece of wood trundling along a conveyor belt. Tasked with the job of keeping the belt free of...

Lindow Man is a well-preserved human body found in a peat-bog at Lindow Moss, near Manchester, in 1984. He died a violent death, sustaining many injuries before he was placed face down in a pool in the bog. Lindow Man’s discovery triggered an unprecedented scientific investigation, which ultimately led to his display at the British Museum.

Lindow Moss is one of the largest lowland peatlands in Cheshire, shown clearly on Burdett’s 1777 map of Cheshire as Lindow Common. In 1984 Lindow Moss came to international prominence with the discovery of an almost intact Iron Age bog body – Lindow Man. This is said to be one of the most visited exhibits in the British Museum.

2019年7月23日 · In the 1980s workers in an English peat bog started unearthing bodies, the apparent victims of violence. The remains of Tollund Man, who died in the 4th century BCE, were discovered in a Danish peat bog in 1950. At the end of the most recent ice age, around 11,000 years ago, melting ice formed a bog in North West England.

2013年7月22日 · The Lindow Man (officially Lindow III) is the top half of a male body, found preserved in a peat bog in Cheshire, England. The peat bogs at Lindow Moss date back to the last ice age and were formed by holes of melting ice; they are now a tenth of their original size.

Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and Pete Marsh, is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body, discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. He is believed to have died in the 1st century BC, making him one of …

2024年9月1日 · The ancient peat bog of Lindow Moss in Cheshire hid a dark and gruesome secret for almost 2,000 years. But on 1 August 1984, a peat cutter spotted the astonishingly well-preserved remains of an...

In 2003, peat cutters found Oldcroghan Man and Clonycavan Man in two different bogs. Both had lived between 400 and 175 B.C., and both had been subjected to a spectacular variety of...