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The remains of an Iron Age man discovered in
a peat bog at Lindow Marsh, Cheshire, UK, in
1984. The chemicals in the bog had kept the
body in an excellent state of preservation.
`Pete Marsh', as the archaeologists nicknamed
him, had been knocked unconscious, strangled,
and then had his throat cut before being
thrown into the bog. He may have been a
sacrificial victim, as Celtic peoples often
threw offerings to the gods into rivers and
marshes. His stomach contained part of an
unleavened barley `bannock' that might have
been given as a sacrificial offering. His
well-cared-for nails indicate that he might
have been a Druid prince who became a willing
sacrifice.