Perfect 4,000-Year-Old Skin

A 4,000-year-old body of a man has been found by archaeologists in Ireland—with its skin intact.

A 4,000-year-old body of a man has been found by archaeologists in Ireland—with its skin intact. According to the science website LiveScience.com, the body was found in a bog whose cool waterlogged conditions created an environment perfect for preservation. Most other fossils of bodies discovered have been shrivelled skeletons. “All that was visible to start with was a pair of legs below the knees and a torso,” said Eamonn Kelly, an archaeologist at the National Museum and lead excavator of the project in the report. As the body seemed to have been viciously attacked, the team said the young man must have been killed as part of a ritual sacrifice.

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