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Cashel Man is a bog body from a bog near Cashel in County Laois, Ireland.He was found on 10 August 2011 [1] by Bord na Móna employee Jason Phelan from Abbeyleix.The body was a young adult male, around 20–25, [2] who had been intentionally covered with peat after death.
The man was found with his skull crushed and his leg broken. A rope was also found around his neck, indicating death by hanging or strangulation. [7] [8] Examination of bog bodies such as Cashel Man have led scientists to speculate that wounds such as broken bones may have occurred after death due to the weight of the peat. [9]
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]
A California man has been found dead after his mom used a GPS tracking device to help authorities find him, authorities said. The body of 21-year-old Isaiah Lowe was found in a car submerged in a ...
The man is believed to have died from a stab wound to the chest. [5] He was decapitated and had his body cut in half. [6] He also has an injury to one arm, possible evidence that he tried to defend himself. [8] A similar wound has been seen on the Cashel Man, who was found in 2011, also in Ireland. [5] The body was found to have deep cuts under ...
Marcus Rutledge vanished from Nashville, Tennessee in June 1998. Remains found off Pecan Valley Rd in 2010 have just been identified as belonging to him. The Metro Nashville Police Department has ...
Magistrates have given detectives investigating the murder of a 63-year-old man found dead on New Year's Day more time to question a teenage boy, said police. William McNicholl was found dead at a ...
The Kennewick Man is a notable example of human remains caught in a struggle between scientific merit and cultural traditions. Since his discovery in 1996, his fate has been the topic of great controversy. As one of the oldest well-preserved ancient skeletons found in America, scientists are eager to conduct various testing on the remains.