They may be 2000 years old, but ancient bog bodies continue to enthrall everyone from academics to TikTok creators.
often make “get ready with me” videos, inviting viewers to look on as they comb their hair, apply makeup, and don their OOTD . But in their take on the viral trend, Ella Rockart was wearing a look inspired by an OOTD that’s survived more than two millennia. “Get ready with me,” they said, “except it’s 350 BCE and I’m about to be a human sacrifice—at least that’s what some historians think.
in the late nineteenth century. She’s one of hundreds of mummified corpses that have been pulled from bogs in countries like Denmark, Germany, and Ireland, inspiring decades of scientific research and art by figures as illustrious as Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney and as obscure as pseudonymous internet poets.
Bog bodies, “are very much like us, we can see ourselves in them,” University of California, Berkeley professor andKarin Sanders told me. “And at the same time, they’re not. They have become something else, mummified remains from a past that we know very little about.” “There is something about that tension,” Sanders said. “They spark our imagination and we fill in all the blanks.”While decomposition can reduce a human body to a skeleton within just a few months of death, peat bogs, which are highly acidic and low in oxygen, can inhibit bacterial decay while tanning human flesh like leather. Corpses pulled from bogs have been so well-preserved that they’re mistaken for recentdespite being thousands of years old.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
What Was Your Favorite Hip-Hop Album of 2021? Vote!From Drake and Ye to Tyler the Creator and Isaiah Rashad, what was your favorite hip-hop album of 2021? Vote!
Weiterlesen »
So, Michelle Young Is “Genuinely in Love” With Nayte AND Brandon, According to Kaitlyn BristoweTo be fair, Bachelor Nation is also having an existential crisis debating who she should pick....
Weiterlesen »
Critics Choice Awards Plan to Proceed Despite Slew of Other CancellationsThe event, which honors the best of film and television, is scheduled to take place Jan. 9.
Weiterlesen »
Critics Choice Awards Going Ahead With Televised Live Show January 9 – Promises Safest Show EverAfter much speculation today in which a number of early January awards events such as AFI, Palm Springs, BAFTA tea and more have either postponed or canceled plans to hold their events due to Covid…
Weiterlesen »
Critics Choice Awards In-Person Ceremony to Proceed Despite Other Hollywood Event CancellationsDespite the cancellation of several major Hollywood events, the Critics Choice Association says the show must go on (for now). The Critics Choice Awards will proceed as an in-person ceremony on Jan…
Weiterlesen »
How Kanye West Felt Having Kim Kardashian at His Concert With DrakeHow Kanye West Felt Having Kim Kardashian At His Concert With Drake
Weiterlesen »