Researchers Unearth Prehistoric Mummies That Were Made of Body Parts From Several Different People Researchers were shocked ...

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 ...

learn about bog bodies, the miraculously preserved mummies of people laid to rest in bogs. Then, read about Scáthach, the fearsome fighting queen of Irish lore.