The MYSTERY of the 1,000 bodies found in the swamps in northern Europe

Mummy,, known as Lindow Man "was discovered in 1984, in the English county of Cheshire (Photo: jameskonstanahr.weebly.com)

Miranda Aldhouse-Green argues his theory in his latest book entitled ,, Bog Bodies Uncovered ".

Since the eighteenth century, in the areas of moorland in northern Europe (including Ireland, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and especially Denmark), were found about 1,000 human corpses. Their age ranges, which are dated from the Stone Age until the beginning of World War II. Most of mummified bodies found in bogs belong to people who lived in the period between 700 BC - 200 AD

Over time, scientists have formulated several theories on how individuals discover died in bogs in northern areas of the Old Continent. Among the causes of death are taken into account after the accident occurred, sacrifices made during ceremonies led by druids or even executions of prisoners. In a new book, entitled ,, Bog Bodies Uncovered "British archaeologist Miranda Aldhouse-Green argues that the most likely conclusion is based on available evidence that the dead were victims of human sacrifice.

The best evidence to support this assumption is highly unusual way in which many of those buried over. An example of this is the mummy known as ,, Lindow Man. "Apparently, the victim, having an age at death of about twenty years, was led into the quagmire of the current English county Cheshire, wearing only a band of fur. After being hit in the head, man's throat was cut during strangulation with a cord. the whole scene took place around 60 AD

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In support of his theory, Aldhouse suggests that might not be a coincidence that many of the bodies discovered in swamp shows signs of physical deformities, ranging from minor defects to deformities of the spine. Archaeologist believes that, due to these physical characteristics, the victims were selected for sacrifice because it is thought to possess supernatural powers.

In his book, Aldhouse recognize that the assumption that a formulated has some weaknesses. It gives historians as ancient sources such as Strabo and Tacitus, who described, wrongly, killings in bogs in northern Europe as ritual sacrifices. Moreover, archaeological evidence obtained so far can be attributed to the organization of ceremonies with spiritual character.

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Shocking discovery on the Mountain of Zeus. Could confirm the darkest legend of antiquity

Updated: 23/04/2020 

The northern peak is higher, 1,421 m, than the southern, 1,382 m (4,662 and 4,534 ft). Mount Lykaion was sacred to Zeus Lykaios, who was said to have been born and brought up on it, and was the home of Pelasgus and his son Lycaon, who were said to have founded the ritual of Zeus practiced on its summit. This seems to have involved a human sacrifice and a feast in which the man who received the portion of a human victim was changed to a wolf, as Lycaon had been after sacrificing a child. The altar of Zeus consists of a great mound of ashes with a retaining wall. It was said that no shadows fell within the precincts and that any who entered it died within the year. The sanctuary of Zeus played host to athletic games held every four years, the Lykaia.

Archaeologists made a breakthrough grim on top of a mountain in Greece, it could confirm the darkest legends of antiquity.

Excavations this year on Mount Lykaion (known as the birthplace of Zeus) have unearthed a 3,000-year old skeleton of a teenager who was in the ashes of other animals slaughtered over a thousand years.

Greece's culture ministry said the skeleton is of a boy, a teenager, he was found 30 meters deep. Experts have said it is too early to speculate on the cause of adolescent death, but the discovery is important because Mount Lykaion was associated for centuries with the Greek culture negative.

The writers of antiquity, including Plato described the place as a shrine to make sacrifices in the name of Zeus, a practice that was rarely confirmed by archaeologists.


According to legend, a boy was sacrificed with other animals, their meat is cooked and then consumed. Anyone eating a piece of human flesh became a werewolf for nine years. ,, In some literary writings mentioned rumors of human sacrifices that took place at the altar, but until a few weeks ago was not any human skeleton discovered in the archaeological site, '' said archaeologist David Gilman Romano, a professor at the University of Arizona.

,, Even if the remains are traces of a human sacrifice or not, it is a sacrificial altar is not a place to bury someone, not the cemetery, '' he added. An unusual detail was missing the upper part of the skull, while the body was placed between two lines of stone with a row of stones that covered his pelvis.


Mount, in the Peloponnese region is the only area where Zeus was worshiped, even if the possibility of human sacrifice is removed, the area was practiced massive slavery. From the early sixteenth century BC by Alexander the Great, hundreds of millions of animals were killed in honor of the god.

Researchers have found that people have started to the present in the area 5,000 years ago, but no evidence of seniority cult.


Zeus was the god of sky and weather which later became the leader of the Greek pantheon. Ceramics found near the skeleton dating from the eleventh century BC.

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