The oldest bog body in the world, known as Koelbjerg Man, was found in Denmark in the 1940s and may date to 10,000 years ago, while others date to the Iron Age in the region from about 2,500 years ...

A wooden club (believed to have killed him), cow bones, and a ceramic vessel were found in the bog along with him. Nick-named “Vittrup Man,” he was included in a 2014 study of Denmark’s ...

Archaeologists in northern Germany have unearthed 10,000-year-old cremated bones at a Stone Age lakeside campsite that was used for spearing fish and roasting hazelnuts.

A human nail, likely from a big toe or thumb, was recently recovered from a bog in the Czech Republic. It may be evidence of an ancient ritual sacrifice, researchers said.