Yde Girl
100 B.C.-A.D. 50 Found in Drenthe, The Netherlands in 1897
A small percentage of bog bodies are children. Yde Girl appears to have been
strangled and stabbed at the age of 16. Some experts believe she was selected
for sacrifice in part because of her awkward gait and curved spine (CT scans
revealed she had scoliosis). Other CT scans, of her skull, aided the
reconstruction of her face. Her long fair hair was preserved in the peat, but
on half of her head it had been cut off. Other bog bodies also had their hair
cut when they were killed.
