Iron Age decapitated remains found in a Northern Ireland bog

Iron Age remains found in bog may have been sacrificial
The remains, which were discovered in October 2023, are thought to be those of a young woman.
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 blood from her throat followed by decapitation," Eileen Murphy, an archaeologist at Queen's University Belfast who studied the body, said in a statement on Thursday (Feb. 20).
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