An amateur metal detectorist stumbled upon a deposit of rare ritual offerings from the Bronze Age buried in a bog in Denmark ... The presence of iron rivets in the sword’s handle indicates ...

The style of the woolen cloak in which she was wrapped dates this woman to the late 16th century, distinguishing her from the more common Iron Age bog bodies. She was in her late 20s or early 30s ...

More than a thousand bog bodies and skeletons have come to light, and scientists now have the means to study the remains in such detail that they can, in a sense, resurrect these ancient people.