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St Bees Man was the name given to the extremely well preserved body of a medieval man discovered in the grounds of St Bees Priory, Cumbria, in 1981.His identity was subsequently established with a high degree of probability as Anthony de Lucy, 3rd Baron Lucy, who died in 1368, probably killed on crusade at New Kaunas, in what is now Lithuania.
The body of a man found next to three sheepskin capes, calfskin shoes and a dog's skin cap. [36] Søgårds Man (II) Jutland: 1944 Only the arms and legs of the body were preserved. [37] Sorø Skeletons Lolland: 3500 BCE: Male 1942 The collective name for two skeletons with deformities and evidence of surgery. [38] Stidsholt Woman Stidsholtmose ...
The skeleton of the 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall Byrne displayed at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London. Charles Byrne (probable real name: Charles O'Brien; [1] [2] 1761 – 1 June 1783), or "The Irish Giant", was a man regarded as a curiosity or freak in London in the 1780s for his large stature.
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano, an area in Naples, unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus. Inside they found the remains of a shockingly well-preserved body lying face-up and ...
In 1915, a mysterious ancient skeleton dubbed the “Vittrup Man” was found preserved in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, over a century later, researchers have finally pieced together the ...
During their dig, they uncovered a burial ground, measuring roughly 2,000 square meters, which held “more than 50 exceptionally well-preserved skeletons,” along with five cremation graves. The ...
Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is a well-preserved Irish Iron Age bog body found in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found. The find is on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
Archaeologists in Northern Ireland have uncovered well-preserved remains of a teenage boy dating back up to 2,500 years - including bones, skin and possibly a kidney - in a rare find that may shed ...