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Windeby Girl and Weerdinge Couple
The study of ancient bodies—whether skeletons or mummies—rarely inspires the kind of fantastical stories that surround bog people. When the naked corpse of a teenage girl was found more than 50 years ago in a German bog, scholars immediately assumed that she, like other bog bodies they had seen before, was a victim of an unnatural death. She appeared to have been blindfolded, and half her head had been shaved.

Windeby I, Bog Body from Germany
A third analysis of the Windeby body reveals a surprising outcome.

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Ancient History: Antonia and Nicoletta. (2016, May 14). The Windeby girl: Digital story [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/lVIPfWg7AVk
Deem, J. (2003). Windeby I, bog body from Germany. James M Deem. https://jamesmdeem.com/books.bog.windeby.html
Lobell, J., & Patel, S. (2010). Windeby girl and Weerdinge couple. Archaeology, 63(3). https://archive.archaeology.org/1005/bogbodies/windeby_weerdinge.html

HSIE - Elective History - Year 9 - Preserved Human Remains: Windeby Girl

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