NOVA - Season 41 Episode 13
In the rolling hills of Ireland's County Tipperary, a laborer harvesting peat from a dried-up bog spots the remnants of a corpse and stops his machine just in time, revealing a headless torso almost perfectly preserved and stained dark brown by the bog. Archeologists recognize the corpse as one of Europe's rare bog bodies: prehistoric corpses flung into marshes with forensic clues often suggesting execution or human sacrifice. The corpse will eventually be dated to the Bronze Age, over 3,000 years ago. Many of these were victims of shocking violence, showing evidence of axe blows, hanging, and stab wounds. Like a crime thriller, NOVA follows archaeologists and forensic experts in their methodical hunt for clues to the identity and the circumstances of this and other violent deaths of bog body victims. A new theory emerges that they are those of ritually murdered kings, gruesomely slain to assure the fertility of land and people. NOVA’s ancient detective story opens a tantalizing window on the strange beliefs of Europe's long vanished prehistoric peoples.
First Air Date : 1974-03-03
Last Air date : 2024-11-27
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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Subtitles :
- Season 41 : Episode 12013-09-11
- Season 41 : Episode 22013-10-09
- Season 41 : Episode 32013-10-16
- Season 41 : Episode 42013-10-23
- Season 41 : Episode 52013-10-30
- Season 41 : Episode 62013-11-06
- Season 41 : Episode 72013-11-13
- Season 41 : Episode 82013-11-20
- Season 41 : Episode 92013-11-20
- Season 41 : Episode 102014-01-08
- Season 41 : Episode 112014-01-15
- Season 41 : Episode 122014-01-22
- Season 41 : Episode 132014-01-29
- Season 41 : Episode 142014-02-05
- Season 41 : Episode 152014-02-12
- Season 41 : Episode 162014-04-02
- Season 41 : Episode 172014-04-09
- Season 41 : Episode 182014-04-16
- Season 41 : Episode 192014-04-23
- Season 41 : Episode 202014-05-07
- Season 41 : Episode 212014-05-14
- Season 41 : Episode 222014-05-28
