Gruesome mystery of 2,000-year-old headless woman found in Irish bog finally uncovered by scientists
THE gruesome mystery of a 2,000-year-old headless woman found in an Irish bog has finally been uncovered by scientists.
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2,000-Year-Old Bog Body Found In Northern Ireland Was A Young Woman Who Was Decapitated In A Presumed Ritual Sacrifice
In October 2023, police in Northern Ireland uncovered a disturbing set of human remains in a bog just outside of Bellaghy.
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Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of ...
Known as the 'Ballymacombs More Woman', the body was found without a head in Northern Ireland
Treated as a possible crime scene, police handed the site over to archaeologists after the body was dated back more than ...
Ballymacombs More Woman: Iron Age decapitated remains found in a Northern Ireland bog
Archaeologists found the remains of a young woman believed to have lived over 2,000 years ago during the Iron Age in County ...
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Ballymacombs More Woman: Ancient remains discovered in Bellaghy bog ‘likely to belong to young woman’
Further research has been carried out following the discovery of the now named Ballymacombs More Woman in bogland near ...
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Headless woman's body discovered in Irish bogland is one of the most important archaeological finds
The remains, now named 'Ballymacombs More Woman', were discovered after a member of the public came across what they believed ...
Young woman 'decapitated in ritual sacrifice' as 2,000-year-old mystery revealed
Scientists found the remains likley belonged to a women aged between 17 and 22 years - with cut marks on her neck pointing to ...
Ancient remains discovered in Co Derry bog ‘likely to belong to young woman’ who died violently
Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived over 2,000 years ago and ...
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Gruesome mystery of 2,000-year-old headless woman found in Irish bog finally uncovered by scientists
Niamh Baker, Curator of Archaeology at National Museums NI, said the Ballymacombs More Woman is “one of the most important archaeological discoveries on the island of Ireland”. This is because ...