theolduvaigorge: World’s oldest bog body hints at violent past by Matt McGrath “Cashel Man has had t
theolduvaigorge: World’s oldest bog body hints at violent past by Matt McGrath “Cashel Man has had the weight of the world on his shoulders, quite literally, for 4,000 years. Compressed by the peat that has preserved his remains, he looks like a squashed, dark leather holdall. Apart, that is, from one forlorn arm that stretches out and upward and tells us something of the deliberate and extremely violent death that he suffered 500 years before Tutankhamen was born. Cashel Man is now being studied at the National Museum of Ireland’s research base in Collins Barracks, Dublin. He was discovered in 2011 by a bog worker in Cashel bog in County Laois. When the remains are brought out of the freezer, it is hard to tell that this was ever a human being. Scientists say that there were significant clues to the social status of three bog bodies found in Ireland since the start of this century Clonycavan Man (L) was said to be wearing a type of expensive, imported hair gel Old Croghan Man © had finely manicured nails Cashel Man ® was found very close to the inauguration site for the kings of Laois “It does look like mangled peat at first,” says researcher Carol Smith. "But then you can see the pores on the skin and it takes on a very human aspect quite quickly.“ Carol starts to spray the body with non-ionised water. This prevents it deteriorating when exposed to room temperatures. As we peer at the glistening bog-tanned body, we can see small, dark hairs on the skin, and a trail of vertebrae along his back” (read more). ***Posting cos it’s Laois. (Source: BBC) -- source link