In October 2023, police in Northern Ireland uncovered a disturbing set of human remains in a bog just outside of Bellaghy. With patches of skin, fingernails, and even one organ still partially intact,

"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of blood from her throat followed by decapitation," Eileen Murphy, an archaeologist at Queen's University Belfast who studied the body, said in a statement on Thursday (Feb. 20).

An ancient body found in a Northern Ireland bog was likely decapitated and sacrificed, researchers said. Screengrab from Police Service of Northern Ireland's Youtube video More than a year ago, police in Northern Ireland were alerted to human bones discovered on the surface of peatland,

Archaeologists found the remains of a young woman believed to have lived over 2,000 years ago during the Iron Age in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The remains, now named the Ballymacombs More Woman,