Typically, bog mummies from the Iron Age are male. However, this isn’t the only intriguing facet of the find. Researchers believe that the female bog body, now called the “Ballymacombs More ...

Since most bacteria and fungi cannot live in sub-freezing temperatures, permanent freezing can also produce a mummy. Placing a body in an oxygen-free environment, such as a peat bog, will also ...

Over the years, peat cutters working the bogs of northwest Europe have uncovered hundreds of mummies. The spongy top layer of a peat bog tends to seal off oxygen from the layers below. A bog's ...