Bog Bodies of the Iron Age

Lindow Man
100 B.C.-A.D. 100
Found near Manchester, England in 1984
Examined by more than 50 experts, Lindow Man is likely one of the most scrutinized corpses in the world. He was in his 20s and, unlike most bog bodies, wore a beard and moustache. He had mild arthritis but good teeth and well-manicured nails. His death was far worse than a simple execution: he was struck on the head, had his throat cut, and was throttled with a rope made of animal sinew, perhaps to increase the bleeding, before being thrown facedown into a watery bog.