All language subtitles for Mummies Unwrapped S01 E06_track3_[eng]

[ MAN GASPS, SCREAMS ]

Romany:
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BODIES

FOUND ACROSS
ALL OF NORTHERN EUROPE...

IS THAT A JAW?...BOUND AND BATTERED...

THIS IS A CRIME SCENE,
ISN'T IT?

Aldhouse-Green: THE PEOPLE
WHO PERPETRATED THIS HORROR

KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

CAN THESE MURDER VICTIMS,

MUMMIFIED IN MARSHES
CENTURIES AGO...

WHO WAS THE KILLER?

...TELL US THE SECRETS
BEHIND THESE MUTILATED MUMMIES.

THAT'S WHAT
I WANT TO LOOK AT.

I'M ARCHAEOLOGIST
AND MUMMY EXPERT RAMY ROMANY.

ACROSS THE GLOBE,
EARTH IS GIVING UP HER DEAD.

OH, MY GOD, PEDRO, LOOK AT THIS.

THANKS TO CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY,

NEW MUMMIES ARE UNEARTHED
EVERY DAY.

IT'S LIKE AN UNDERWATER
CRIME SCENE.

THESE MUMMIES HOLD
EXTRAORDINARY SECRETS...

OH, MY GOD, WHAT IS THIS?

PRICELESS.

...IF YOU KNOW HOW TO UNWRAP IT.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THIS IS...

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THEY'VE BEEN BEATEN,

STRANGLED,

DROWNED, AND STABBED.

THEY'RE CALLED "BOG BODIES,"

AND BY ALL INDICATIONS,

THEY ARE MURDER VICTIMS
FROM CENTURIES AGO.

THERE COULD BE HUNDREDS
OR EVEN THOUSANDS MORE

OF THESE NATURALLY-PRESERVED
MUMMIES,

BURIED IN BOGS --

THESE MARSHY WETLANDS

THAT ARE SPREAD
ALL ACROSS NORTHERN EUROPE.

WHY WERE THEY
SO BRUTALLY KILLED?

AND BY WHOM?

AND WHY WERE THEY
BURIED IN BOGS?

TIME IS RUNNING OUT
TO SOLVE THE CASE.

LAND DEVELOPMENTS
ARE THREATENING TO DESTROY

THE LAST REMAINING BOGS
AND THE SECRETS THAT THEY HOLD.

SO I'VE COME TO LONDON
TO INVESTIGATE

AND SEE IF I CAN SOLVE
THIS DEADLY MUMMY MYSTERY.

♪♪

HERE WE ARE.

LONDON.

I'M BEGINNING MY INVESTIGATION
WITH THE MOST WELL-PRESERVED,

WELL-STUDIED BOG BODY
IN THE U.K.

HERE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

♪♪

MELANIE.
HELLO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR SEEING ME HERE.

I'M MEETING WITH
DR. MELANIE GILES,

A MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR

WITH A PhD
IN IRON AGE LANDSCAPE

AND ONE OF THE LEADING
RESEARCHERS ON BOG BODIES.

Romany: WOW.
LOOK AT THIS.

I TELL YOU, MELANIE,
I HAVE SEEN

TOO MANY MUMMIES IN MY LIFE...
-[ LAUGHS ]

...AND I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

LOOK AT HIS FACE.

Giles:
HE'S A LITTLE BIT EERIE.

HE'S VERY SQUASHED
BECAUSE THE PEAT

HAS COMPRESSED HIM
IN THE BOG.

BUT THERE'S ENOUGH TO REALLY
CONNECT YOU WITH THAT HUMANITY.

I'M LOOKING AT THIS SOFT TISSUE,
AND IT'S FASCINATING.

YOU CAN SEE HIS HAIR.
YOU CAN SEE --

HIS LIPS ARE SO REAL.THAT'S RIGHT.

IT POSES A REAL PROBLEM FOR US
AS ARCHAEOLOGISTS

BECAUSE THEY ARE
SO WELL-PRESERVED.

WHEN MANY BOG BODIES
ARE FOUND,

WE INITIALLY WORRY
THAT THIS IS A MURDER CASE.

AND IN FACT, THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF BODIES

THAT COME FROM
LINDOW MOSS,

AND WHEN THE FIRST ONE
WAS FOUND,

IT WAS
A LIVE MURDER CASE.

AND THE POLICE
WERE CONVINCED

THEY HAD FOUND
THE REMAINS OF A WOMAN

WHO'D GONE MISSING...
NO.

...FROM A HOUSE THAT
BACKED ONTO LINDOW MOSS.

THEY BROUGHT
HER HUSBAND IN,

WHO HAD LONG BEEN SUSPECTED
OF THE CRIME,

AND HE CONFESSED
TO HER MURDER.

IT WAS ONLY LATER THEY GOT
THE RADIOCARBON DATE BACK,

AND THEY FOUND HE HAD
CONFESSED TO A MURDER

THAT HE COULDN'T
POSSIBLY HAVE COMMITTED,

BECAUSE THE REMAINS
WERE ANCIENT,

RATHER THAN
THOSE UNFORTUNATE REMAINS

OF THE WOMAN
WHO IS STILL MISSING --

WHO IS STILL SOMEWHERE
OUT THERE IN THE BOG.

Romany: WOW.

THE SOFT TISSUE
IS SO WELL-PRESERVED.

HAS RADIOCARBON DATING
HAPPENED ALREADY?

YES. SO, THERE WAS
SOME RADIOCARBON DATES DONE

BACK IN THE 1980s

WHICH,
VERY INTERESTINGLY,

PLACE HIM RIGHT
AT THE CUSP OF THE TRANSITION

BETWEEN THE IRON AGE
AND THE ROMAN WORLD.

AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY,
THE REGION WAS IN TURMOIL.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE
HAD PUSHED THE CELTS,

A LOOSE GROUP OF WAR-LIKE TRIBES

WITH A COMMON LANGUAGE
AND IRON WEAPONS,

FROM MAINLAND EUROPE
INTO THE BRITISH ISLES.

THESE TWO FIERCE CULTURES

CLASHED WITH
SPECTACULAR BRUTALITY.

THE ROMANS WERE ASCENDING
TO THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POWER,

AND THE CELTS WERE FIGHTING
TO AVOID BEING ANNIHILATED.

Romany: THIS ONE DIED
ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO.

THAT'S RIGHT.
YES.

AND DO WE KNOW
THE REASONS OF DEATH?

HE WAS HIT ON THE TOP
OF THE HEAD.

WITH A VERY HEAVY,
SHARP INSTRUMENT,

SO EITHER
A VERY HEAVY SWORD

OR, MORE LIKELY,
A HEAVY AX.

[ MAN SCREAMS ]

IS THAT WHAT
I'M SEEING RIGHT HERE?

Giles: THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE'S A SHARP,

FORCED-TRAUMA CUT
ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD.

IT CAUSES A FRACTURE
RIGHT THROUGH THE SKULL,

AND THAT WOULD'VE CAUSED
INTERNAL BLEEDING

AND HEMORRHAGING.

AND THAT INJURY,
IN AND OF ITSELF,

WAS PROBABLY GOING
TO CAUSE HIS DEATH.

YES.
BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.

HE HAS AN INJURY
TO HIS RIBS.

HE HAS A FRACTURE
OF THE NECK,

WHICH IS PROBABLY CAUSED
BY A LIGATURE --

WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND THE NECK
AND BITES THE FLESH.

AND THEN, HE WAS ALSO
STABBED IN THE NECK,

WHICH CAUSES LOTS OF BLOOD
OBVIOUSLY TO START FLOWING.

THE IRON AGE WAS VIOLENT,
BUT THIS...

IT WAS VIOLENT.
IT WAS VIOLENT.

...IS EXCESSIVE.

IT'S WHAT PEOPLE
OFTEN CALL OVERKILL.

HE'S NOT JUST DIED ONCE.
HE'S DIED THREE, FOUR TIMES.

THAT'S REALLY
INTERESTING.

AND WHAT ELSE
HAS THE TESTING FOUND?

SO, WHEN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SCIENTISTS

HERE AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
INVESTIGATED HIS GUTS,

THEY FOUND INTERESTING DETAILS
ABOUT HIS LAST MEAL,

WHICH WAS PROBABLY
SOMETHING LIKE A GRIDDLE CAKE

OR A BANNOCK, BUT ALSO WITHIN
THE STOMACH CONTENTS,

THEY FOUND FOUR GRAINS
OF MISTLETOE POLLEN.

MISTLETOE?
MISTLETOE.

AND THAT IS NOT MUCH,
BUT IT'S ODD.

IS MISTLETOE
ALSO POISONOUS?

IT IS POISONOUS,
AND IT CAN ALSO BE

QUITE A POWERFUL
HALLUCINOGEN.

SO THERE ARE IDEAS
THAT HE HAS BEEN DRUGGED

BEFORE HE'S MET
HIS DOOM.

THEY DRUGGED HIM BEFORE
THEY VIOLENTLY KILLED HIM?

I'M NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT WAS GOING ON,

BUT IT IS VERY CURIOUS.

WHAT HAS HE DONE?
WHY WOULD THEY CHOOSE HIM?

HOW DID THEY CHOOSE HIM?

THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS
STILL A GREAT MYSTERY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHY HE DIED,
OR WHO HE WAS --

AND WHY HE HAS TO DIE
SO VIOLENTLY,

AND WHY HE'S PLACED
IN LINDOW MOSS.

♪♪

I'M HEADED TO
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

THE PLACE WHERE THE BODY
OF LINDOW MAN WAS DISCOVERED.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT
THIS LOCATION CAN TELL ME.

I'M MEETING
WITH DR. HENRY CHAPMAN,

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO'S BEEN
USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY

TO SHOW WHAT THE BOG LOOKED LIKE
2,000 YEARS AGO.

♪♪

WHOA!

THIS IS IT, HUH?

Chapman: THIS IS IT.
IT'S LINDOW MOSS.

I GOT TO SAY, HENRY --
THIS IS NOT HOW I IMAGINED

THE BOG
WOULD LOOK LIKE.

NO, WELL, THIS IS A VERY
PARTICULAR STAGE IN ITS LIFE.

I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE IT'S BEEN
AN INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE

THAT'S BEEN CUT
FOR PEAT.

IT'S NOT THE SAME ENVIRONMENT
THAT IT WAS IN THE IRON AGE.

YEAH.

BOGS ARE LAND DEPRESSIONS
THAT COLLECT RAINWATER

BECAUSE OF POOR DRAINAGE.

THERE'S A LAYER
OF NON-POROUS CLAY UNDERNEATH

THAT CAUSES THE WATER TO POOL.

THIS POOR DRAINAGE INCREASES
THE ACIDITY LEVEL OF THE WATER,

WHICH SLOWS DOWN
THE DECOMPOSITION

OF ORGANIC MATERIAL
THAT FALLS INTO THE BOG.

OVER TIME, THAT ORGANIC MATERIAL

BUILDS UP INTO A SPONGY LAYER
CALLED PEAT.

WHAT IS THE SCIENCE
BEHIND THIS PLACE?

IT ALL COMES DOWN
TO WHAT WE'RE STANDING ON,

ACTUALLY --
IT COMES DOWN TO THE PEAT.

SO, YOU KNOW,
THIS MATERIAL.

THE REASON THIS
IS BEING PRESERVED

IS BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE
IS SO HIGH.

BASICALLY, THE TWO INGREDIENTS
WHICH MAKE THINGS ROT.

THEY CAN'T WORK.
WHICH IS --

SO BACTERIA AND FUNGI
CAN'T LIVE.

YEAH.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE,

THE PEAT,
IS WHAT KEPT LINDOW MAN

ALIVE FOR US ALL THIS TIME.YEAH.

THAT BROWN WATER
COMING FROM IT.

THAT'S WHAT'S
PRESERVING IT.

BY STUDYING CORE SAMPLES
OF PRESERVED PEAT

FROM ALL OVER THE BOG,

HENRY HOPES TO RECREATE
WHAT THIS LINDOW MOSS

LOOKED LIKE 2,000 YEARS AGO.

ALSO,
IT IS VERY COLD.

LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE ICE
IN MY HAND.

YEAH. IT WORKS
VERY WELL AS A FRIDGE.

DO YOU STILL USE THIS
AS A FRIDGE TODAY IN ENGLAND?

'CAUSE PEOPLE
ARE WEIRD HERE.

[ LAUGHS ]

IT'S A GOOD IDEA, THOUGH.
COULD CATCH ON.

YOU CAN PUT
YOUR GUINNESS IN THERE.

EXTRA BOGGY.

LET'S GO
GET SOME CORE SAMPLES.

♪♪

HENRY'S NOW TAKING ME
TO THE PRECISE SPOT

WHERE LINDOW MAN WAS DISCOVERED

TO TAKE A CORE SAMPLE
FOR HIS STUDY.

♪♪

Chapman: HELLO.Smith: HELLO THERE.

OH, WOW.
LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S HOW DEEP
THIS PLACE IS, HUH?

THIS IS JUST
THE TOP OF IT.

IT SHOULD GO DOWN
TWO, THREE METERS MAYBE.

THE FIRST METER IS --
HOW MUCH TIME IS THAT?

YOU'RE POTENTIALLY
GOING BACK 1,000 YEARS.

AND WHEN IT COMES OUT,

YOU SEE THAT ONE METER
OF HISTORY BASICALLY.

YOU RECORD
THE GPS COORDINATES,

AND WHEN YOU PUT IT
ALL IN THE MAP,

YOU JUST GET
TO FLY BACK IN TIME

AND SEE THAT BOG
2,000 YEARS AGO.

YEAH.
YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT WE USE AS THE INPUT
TO CREATE OUR 3-D MODEL.

ONE METER AT A TIME?ONE METER AT A TIME.

WELL, LET'S GET
THE SECOND METER DONE.

LITERALLY,
YOU JUST PUSH IT DOWN.

YOU JUST PUSH IT DOWN.PUSH IT DOWN.

OKAY, YEAH,
I'LL PUSH IT DOWN.

NO PROBLEM.
I GOT THIS, HENRY.

I GOT THIS.
I GOT THIS.

NOW HELP ME.

[ LAUGHTER ]

OKAY.

ALL THE WAY
TO THE RED.

THAT'S IT.[ GRUNTS ]

HERE WE GO.

AND NOW WE BRING IT
BACK OUT.

YEP.
YEP.

♪♪

WOW.
LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU SEEING
IN THE CORE RIGHT NOW

THAT IS TELLING YOU ABOUT
THE PLACEMENT OF LINDOW MAN?

WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE
IS, AS YOU GO DOWN,

INDICATIVE OF REALLY,
REALLY WET ENVIRONMENTS.

BECAUSE PEAT FORMS AT A RATE OF
ABOUT ONE MILLIMETER PER YEAR,

IT'S A NATURAL TIME CAPSULE

THAT TRAPS MINERALS
AND LIVING ORGANISMS.

BY SAMPLING THE VEGETATION
IN EACH LAYER OF PEAT,

HENRY CAN TELL
HOW MUCH WATER WAS THERE

AND WHAT THE LANDSCAPE
OF THE BOG LOOKED LIKE.

SOME VEGETATION
REQUIRES MORE WATER,

SO HE CAN TELL
WHERE THERE WAS HIGH FOREST,

WHAT AREAS HAD LOW BRUSH,

AND WHERE IT WAS JUST WATER.

♪♪

NOW THAT'S COOL.

YEAH.
I LIKE A BIT OF TECH.

WHAT IS THAT?
IT'S GPS.

IT'S THE SAME AS YOU GET
ON YOUR PHONE OR IN A CAR,

BUT WHEN I POSITION
THE POINT ON THE BOREHOLE,

I CAN THEN RECORD A MEASUREMENT,
AND THEN IT JUST UPLOADS

THAT THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION
INTO THE COMPUTER.

I SEE.
IT'S A MIXTURE

OF THE VERY LOW-TECH
AND THE VERY HIGH-TECH.

AND THAT'S IT.

PERFECT.
IT'S DONE.

SO WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION
HERE, RIGHT NOW?

YEAH. SO, YOU'VE GOT
EVERYTHING STORED.

WE FINISHED
THE FIELD WORK,

SO WHAT WE NOW HAVE TO DO
IS GET BACK TO THE LAB,

THEN WE CAN INPUT
ALL OF THAT DATA

AND ALL THE MEASUREMENTS AND
SEE HOW IT ADDS TO THE MODEL.

WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE
EXACTLY WHAT LINDOW MAN SAW

JUST MINUTES
BEFORE HIS MURDER.

LET'S GO.

OKAY. SO, WE HAVE ALL
THE INFORMATION HERE, RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE NOW
HAVE TO DO IS

GET BACK TO THE LAB.

Romany: WELL-PRESERVED MUMMIES,

ALL SHOWING EVIDENCE
OF BEING BRUTALLY MURDERED,

ARE TURNING UP IN BOGS
ACROSS NORTHERN EUROPE.

WITH THE HELP OF
ARCHAEOLOGIST HENRY CHAPMAN,

I'M INVESTIGATING
THE CRIME SCENE,

THE PLACE WHERE LINDOW MAN,
A BRITISH BOG BODY, WAS FOUND.

Romany:
SO, ONCE WE PUT THESE IN,
WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE

THE BOG THE WAY IT LOOKED
2,000 YEARS AGO.

YEAH, YEAH.ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.

♪♪

SO, EVERY ONE OF THESE RED DOTS
IS A CORE SAMPLE?

YES.
ABSOLUTELY.

AND NOW WE'VE INSERTED
THE DATA FOR TODAY'S.

SO, WE WERE WORKING
ABOUT THIS AREA, RIGHT?

YEP, YEP.
JUST AROUND THERE.

AND THAT'S THAT RAISED AREA,
SO THERE'S MORE PEAT,

WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL...

...TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

I WANT TO FIND THE REASON
BEHIND THE KILLING.

YEAH.
AND I THINK YOUR WORK

CAN GET US CLOSER
TO KNOWING, RIGHT?

YES. DO YOU WANT
TO SEE THE MODEL?

PLEASE.
LET'S DO IT.

RIGHT.
IF I TAKE OFF...

THAT'S THE SURFACE
OF THE BOG, YEAH.

BY THEN, IT'S DEEP PEATS.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THE DEPTH.

AND HOW MUCH DISTANCE
IS IT?

LIKE,
IS THAT FIVE METERS?

SIX, SEVEN METERS.SEVEN METERS?

THAT'S OVER
20-FEET DEEP.

YOU CAN SEE
THE DRY EDGES.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DRY
2,000 YEARS AGO.

THESE ARE THE ISLANDS.
YEAH.

THERE'S A VAST EXPANSE
OF BOG.

WHERE WAS LINDOW MAN
FOUND EXACTLY IN HERE?

THAT LITTLE
GRAY BIT THERE.

THAT'S LINDOW MAN.

RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF THE BOG.

YEAH.

I MEAN, WHICHEVER WAY
YOU LOOK AT IT,

IT'S OVER
THE DEEPEST PEAT.

WHAT THIS IS SHOWING US
IS THAT LINDOW MAN

WAS PLACED RIGHT
IN THE CENTER OF THE BOG.

-IT LOOKS LIKE IT, DOESN'T IT?
-YEAH.

THE CENTER OF THE BOG IS
THE HARDEST PLACE TO GET TO...

-MM-HMM.
-...SO IT CAN'T BE ON ACCIDENT.

NO.
AND DO YOU THINK

THEY WENT ALL THE WAY
TO THE CENTER OF THE BOG

TO HIDE THE BODIES
SO NO ONE COULD SEE IT?

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A BETTER
CHANCE OF HIDING HIM

ON THE DRY EDGES, WHICH WOULD
HAVE HAD TREES ON THEM.

AND OUT IN THE BOG,
HE'S VERY VISIBLE.

THEY'VE FOUND
THE HARDEST SPOT TO GET TO,

TO PUT THE BODY
AND NOT TO HIDE IT.

YEAH.
THIS SHOWS INTENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

♪♪

THIS INFORMATION
LEADS ME TO BELIEVE

THAT THOSE VICTIMS WERE TAKEN
TO THE CENTER OF THE BOG,

THEN KILLED THERE ON PURPOSE.

BUT WHO WOULD DO THIS
AND WHY?

MIRANDA, HI.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

DR. MIRANDA ALDHOUSE-GREEN

IS A RENOWNED
PROFESSOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY,

AND SHE'S CONSIDERED ONE
OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST EXPERTS

ON THE IRON AGE.

THAT'S WHEN MANY
OF THESE BOG BODIES

SEEM TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.

I WAS SHOCKED BY
THE CONCEPT OF OVERKILL.

THE FACT THAT HE WAS KILLED
THREE TIMES IS REALLY IMPORTANT,

BECAUSE A PERSON
WHO WAS DOING THAT

KNEW EXACTLY
HOW TO KEEP THIS PERSON

HOVERING ON
THE EDGE OF DEATH

FOR AS LONG
AS POSSIBLE.

SO YOU THINK HE DIDN'T DIE
FROM THE FIRST KILL?

THE FIRST INJURIES HE HAD
WERE BLOWS TO THE SKULL,

WHICH STUNNED HIM
BUT DIDN'T KILL HIM.

♪♪

THEN HE WAS GARROTED
WITH A ROPE,

AND AT THE SAME TIME,
HIS THROAT WAS CUT.

WHEN THE THROAT WAS CUT,
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN

A FOUNTAIN OF BLOOD,
AND THAT WAS QUITE DELIBERATE.

AND I SUSPECT
HE WAS STILL ALIVE

WHEN HE WAS THEN PUSHED DOWN
ONTO HIS KNEES

AND SHOVED FACE-DOWN
INTO THE MARSH,

BECAUSE THERE WAS STUFF
IN HIS LUNGS,

WHICH SHOWED THAT...

HE WAS STILL BREATHING
IN THE MARSH.

...HE WAS STILL BREATHING.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
PERPETRATING THIS HORROR

KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

THAT BRINGS ME BACK
TO MY MAIN QUESTION.

IT'S NOT JUST, "WHY DID
THEY CHOOSE THOSE PEOPLE,

WHY DID THEY
KILL THEM."

WHO DID IT?
WHO WAS THE KILLER?

ONE OF THE THINGS
ABOUT LINDOW MAN WAS THAT,

BECAUSE OF THE BOG'S
PRESERVATION QUALITIES,

THE CONTENTS OF HIS STOMACH
WERE ALL INTACT,

AND HE HAD A SPECIAL MEAL,
BUT WITHIN THAT MEAL,

HE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF MISTLETOE.

-YEAH.
-NOW, MISTLETOE IS POISONOUS,

BUT IT DID HAVE THERAPEUTIC
PROPERTIES, AS WELL.

BUT THAT TIES IN
WITH THE DRUIDS.

IN CELTIC CULTURE,
DRUIDS WERE HIGH-RANKING PRIESTS

WHO CONTROLLED EVERY ASPECT
OF THEIR SOCIETY.

THEY ORALLY
PASSED DOWN TRADITIONS

FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.

A DRUID WOULD NEED
TO SPEND OVER TWO DECADES

JUST TO LEARN THE ANCIENT VERSE

NEEDED TO COMMUNE
WITH THEIR GODS

AND TO BE ALLOWED TO PERFORM
THEIR MOST SACRED RITUAL --

HUMAN SACRIFICE.

♪♪

NOTHING IS MORE SACRED
TO THE DRUIDS THAN MISTLETOE.

SO THIS REALLY STRENGTHENS
THE CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE DRUIDS
AND LINDOW MAN.

I THINK SO, YES.

I THINK THESE WERE
SACRIFICIAL ACTS,

AND I THINK THEY WERE TO DO
WITH AVERTING DISASTER,

WHETHER IT'S FAMINE,
DISEASE, OR WHATEVER.

SO IT WAS SOME FORM
OF LARGE-SCALE RELIGIOUS RITUAL

TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.INDEED.

♪♪

IT SEEMS LIKE MURDERERS
COULD HAVE BEEN DRUIDS,

AND THE IDEA OF
A RITUAL MAKES SENSE,

GIVEN THE NUMBER OF BODIES
AND WAYS THEY WERE KILLED.

WHAT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IS
THE WHY BEHIND THESE KILLINGS.

ERIN KAVANAGH IS A SCIENTIST,

AND ALSO, A MODERN-DAY DRUID.

YOU ARE
A DRUID YOURSELF?

YES, BUT I'M ALSO
A SCIENTIST.

AND IS IT DIFFERENT
THAN THE ANCIENT DRUID?

WELL, DRUIDS WERE
NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS.

THEY WERE THE SCIENTISTS
OF THEIR DAY.

SO THEY UNDERSTOOD
ABOUT CROPS.

THEY KNEW
ABOUT ASTRONOMY

AND THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS
AND THE NATURAL LAND.

SO, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CONTROLLING THE ENVIRONMENT

AND INFORMING PEOPLE.

BUT IF THEY WERE
SO EDUCATED,

WHY WOULD THEY HAVE
THESE VICIOUS MURDERS?

AND WHY WOULD THEY KILL
THOSE PEOPLE THAT WAY?

THEY WEREN'T
VICIOUS MURDERS.

WHAT RECENT STUDIES
HAVE SHOWN IS THAT,

LOSS CONSCIOUSNESS WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED VERY EARLY ON.

IF WE LOOK AT
THE AMOUNT OF BOG BODIES

THAT HAVE HAD
SOME SORT OF TOXIN

INGESTED BEFOREHAND,
WHETHER IT'S BEEN MUSHROOMS

OR OTHER FORMS
OF HALLUCINOGENS,

THEY MAY WELL HAVE BEEN
QUITE OUT OF IT

BY THE TIME THEY EVEN
GOT AS FAR AS THE BOGS.

SO, WITH LINDOW MAN,

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
A THEATRE OF SACRIFICE.

♪♪

SO, THEY STRANGLED HIM.

SO SOMEONE WOULD HAVE
BEEN BEHIND HIM.

♪♪

THEN, WHEN THEY SLIT
HIS THROAT...

[ MAN SCREAMS ]

...THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
A GREAT AMOUNT OF BLOOD PRESSURE

AND IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN SPRAYED WITH BLOOD.

YES.

SO, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
A FOUNTAIN OF IT.

AND THE GROUND
WOULD HAVE BEEN SOAKED,

THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED
WOULD HAVE BEEN SOAKED.

THEN, THE PERFORMANCE
OF BRUTALITY -- WHY?

IT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN A WAY OF
BLESSING THE BOG WITH THE BLOOD.

SO IT WAS OFFERINGS.
IT WAS OFFERINGS.

A GIFT TO THE GODS.

YES.
WHY?

STILL,
I DON'T KNOW THE WHY.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
WHY IS THERE A PERFORMANCE?

WHAT DOES IT
GAIN THEM?

♪♪

THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE DRUIDS
WERE COMPLETELY RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE BOG BODIES.

Romany: MY INVESTIGATION
INTO THE DOZENS OF MUMMIES

DISCOVERED IN ENGLAND'S BOGS
IS SUGGESTING THAT THE DRUIDS,

THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
OF THE ANCIENT CELTS,

MAY HAVE COMMITTED
HUMAN SACRIFICES.

ERIN KAVANAGH IS A MODERN-DAY
DRUID HERSELF.

SHE'S GIVING ME INSIGHT

INTO THE MYSTERY
BEHIND THESE RITUALS.

Kavanagh: THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
A THEATRE OF SACRIFICE,

BLESSING THE BOG
WITH THE BLOOD

IN ORDER TO GET RICHNESS
OUT OF THE BOG AFTERWARDS.

WHY? STILL, I DON'T KNOW
THE WHY.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
WHY IS THERE A PERFORMANCE?

WHAT DOES IT
GAIN THEM?

THE BOG HAS ITS OWN GIFTS.
IT HAS THE GIFTS OF FIRE,

THE GIFTS OF WATER.

BOG ORE.
BOG ORE.

I HAVE SOME HERE.

PLEASE.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
IMPRESSIVE PIECE.

AND THIS BECOMES IRON?THAT BECOMES IRON.

AND IN THE IRON AGE,
IRON WAS INVALUABLE.

YES.
SO THIS, RIGHT HERE,

COULD BE THE REASON WHY WE ARE
FINDING BODIES IN BOGS?

YES.

WERE THE CELTIC DRUIDS OFFERING
HUMAN SACRIFICE TO THE BOGS?

BLOOD IN EXCHANGE FOR IRON?

♪♪

I'VE ASKED ERIN
TO CONNECT ME WITH SOMEONE

WHO KNOWS WHY BOG ORE
WAS WORTH KILLING FOR.

ANCIENT PEOPLE WERE GETTING
IRON ORE FROM THE BOGS.

I'M EAGER TO SEE
HOW THEY DID IT.

♪♪

HEY. HOW YOU DOING?
PLEASURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR HAVING US.

HI.
HOW ARE YOU?

YEAH, GOOD.
THANK YOU.

SO, WE HAVE
A FURNACE OVER HERE

AND WE'RE GONNA BE
SMELTING BOG IRON ORE

AND MAKING IRON
OUT OF IT.

THE IRON AGE IN THE REGION
NOW KNOWN AS GREAT BRITAIN

BEGAN AROUND 800 B.C.,

ONCE IRON-SMELTED WEAPONS
AND TOOLS BECAME WIDE-SPREAD.

THE HARDNESS OF
THESE FORGED IRON WEAPONS

CREATED A MASSIVE
TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE

OVER ADVERSARIES WHO WERE
USING BRONZE EQUIVALENTS.

THAT ALONE PROVED THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

WORKING WITH OWEN TO USE
THE SAME ANCIENT TECHNIQUES

TO FORGE A WEAPON FROM BOG ORE

WILL GIVE ME GREATER INSIGHT
INTO THE DRUIDS THEMSELVES.

BASICALLY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING,

IS THAT WE'RE USING HEAT
TO GIVE THE PROCESS ENERGY,

AND WE'RE USING CARBON MONOXIDE
IN THE FURNACE.

SO CARBON
FROM THE CHARCOAL

TO TRANSFORM
THIS IRON OXIDE INTO IRON.

WELL, WHAT ARE WE
WAITING FOR?

LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

♪♪

ARE THERE ANY SAFETY RULES
THAT I NEED TO BE WARY OF?

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE
THAT THIS IS A VERY HOT FIRE.

THE TEMPERATURE IN THE CORE
OF THIS FURNACE IS SOMEWHERE

AROUND ABOUT
1,500 CENTIGRADE,

POSSIBLY
A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S OVER
2,500 FAHRENHEIT.

YEAH,
IT'S VERY HOT.

HERE WE GO.
LET'S MAKE SOME IRON.

♪♪

WE'RE TRYING TO HEAT IT
IN THE PRESENCE

OF CARBON,
OF CARBON MONOXIDE,

AND ALSO PHYSICAL CARBON
FROM THE CHARCOAL.

BECAUSE THEN CARBON MONOXIDE
IS GONNA TAKE THAT OXYGEN AWAY

FROM THE IRON OXIDE,

LEAVES THE IRON,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

THAT'S EXACTLY IT.

THESE WILL HAVE A BIT OF SLAG
AT THE BOTTOM,

SO SOLIDIFIED MOLTEN MATERIAL
FROM THE IRON ORE,

AND THEN HOPEFULLY
A BLOOM JUST ABOVE IT.

AND I'M GONNA START POKING
A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM

AND SCRAPING OUT
WHAT'S UNDER IT.

SLAG IS THE IMPURITIES
IN MINERALS AROUND THE IRON.

AT THIS TEMPERATURE,
WHEN THOSE MELT

AND START TO FALL AWAY INTO
THE BOTTOM OF THE FURNACE,

THE REMAINING MATERIAL,
MIXED WITH IRON,

IS CALLED BLOOM.

Romany: THERE IT IS.
WHAT IS THAT?

Bush: THAT'S SLAG.THAT'S LIQUID SLAG.

YEP.
WHICH IS A GOOD.

SO, WE'VE DEFINITELY
GOT A BLOOM IN HERE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT SLAG
AT THE BOTTOM, BLOOM UP HERE.

I CAN FEEL THE HEAT.

THIS LOOKS AMAZING.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY
SIMILAR PROCESS TO THE IRON AGE.

SO, WE GOT
TO MOVE QUICK, HUH?

I'M READY.

♪♪

POUNDING THE BLOOM WITH A HAMMER

TAKES THE REST
OF THE SLAG OUT OF IT.

SO WHAT'S LEFT IS PURE IRON.

♪♪

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT PIECE OF BLOOM

THAT CAME OUT
OF THE SMELTING PROCESS.

AND ONCE THEY HEAT THAT UP
IN EVEN HIGHER TEMPERATURES,

THEY CAN MELT THAT IRON
INTO SHAPE

AND MAKE IT
INTO A WEAPON OR A TOOL.

I CAN SEE HOW THIS PROCESS
MUST HAVE SEEMED

LIKE MAGIC TO THE CELTS.

THERE IT IS.
IT'S COMING OUT.

SO, IF YOU'D PASS ME
THE HAMMER.

ALL I WOULD LIKE TO DO
IS JUST WORK AROUND,

CLEANING UP
THE OUTLINE SHAPE.

♪♪

SO, ONE IRON AGE KNIFE.

WOW.
LOOK AT THIS.

BOG ORE WAS OBVIOUSLY CRUCIAL
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE IRON AGE.

THIS WAS THEIR SURVIVAL.

AND ASSURING THE ABUNDANCE
OF BOG ORE --

YOU WOULD KILL FOR THAT.

WITH THE MILITARY ADVANTAGE

THE BOG ORE PROVIDED
TO THE CELTIC PEOPLE

AND THE SEEMINGLY
MYSTICAL PROCESS

REQUIRED TO FORGE
THESE IRON WEAPONS,

I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY OFFERED
HUMAN SACRIFICE TO THE BOG.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
THE LOCATION OF THE SACRIFICE

AT THE CENTER OF THE BOG

WAS IMPORTANT TO THIS RITUAL,

AS IT WAS FOR LINDOW MAN.

SO I'M GOING TO DENMARK,

HOME TO OVER 500
BOG BODY DISCOVERIES,

TO MEET WITH ARCHAEOLOGIST
OLE NIELSEN.

HE'S AGREED TO LET ME EXAMINE
THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM ALL

SO I CAN TEST THIS THEORY.

I'VE HEARD SO MUCH
ABOUT TOLLUND MAN,

AND HAVE NEVER
MET HIM YET.

WOW.

♪♪

IT'S SO...

REAL.

HIS FOREHEAD.

THE WRINKLES
IN HIS EYELIDS.

EVERY WRINKLE
ON HIS LIPS.

THE STUBBLE
ON HIS FACE.

HIS NOSE.
EVERY PART OF HIM.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT

THIS BODY IS
OVER 2,400 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS THE MOST WELL-PRESERVED
HUMAN REMAIN

I'VE EVER SEEN
IN MY LIFE.

IN MAY 1950, TWO BROTHERS,

WHO WERE DIGGING PEAT
TO USE AS FUEL,

DISCOVERED A BODY JUST SIX FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE BOG.

THIS WAS TOLLUND MAN.

WHAT MAKES
THIS BOG BODY DIFFERENT?

POLICE CALLED
ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN IMMEDIATELY

BEFORE THEY DISTURBED THE BODY,

GIVING AN ACCURATE PICTURE
OF HOW HE WAS FOUND.

THAT NOOSE
AROUND THE NECK?

MOST OF THE BOG BODIES
THAT I'VE SEEN

ALSO HAVE SOMETHING
AROUND THEIR NECK,

THAT THEY WERE
ALL HUNG THAT WAY.

Ole: YEAH.

HE WAS HANGED IN A WAY
THAT HE DIDN'T SNAP HIS NECK,

HE DIDN'T
BREAK ANY VERTEBRAS,

BUT IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW --
THE SUPPLY OF AIR

WAS CUT OFF,
AND THAT'S IT.

NO OTHER DAMAGE
HAS BEEN AFFLICTED TO HIM.

♪♪

IT'S LIKE HE WILL WAKE UP
AT ANY SECOND

AND STARE YOU
RIGHT IN THE EYE.

NOT ONLY IS THE FACE
EXTREMELY WELL-PRESERVED,

BUT THIS IS NOT
REALLY HIS BODY, IS IT?

NO.
WHEN HE WAS FOUND,

ONLY HIS HEAD
WAS PRESERVED LIKE THIS,

AND THE REMAINS
OF HIS BODY

WERE SCATTERED AROUND,

SO WHEN WE MADE
THIS EXHIBITION,

WE MADE A COPY
OF HIS BODY.

BUT WE DO HAVE
THE ORIGINAL PARTS.

I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A LOOK
AT HIS REAL BODY.

LET'S DO THAT.

♪♪

THIS IS EXCITING.
[ CHUCKLES ]

THIS IS
OUR TREASURE BOX HERE.

IT IS A TREASURE BOX.

SO, RIGHT INSIDE HERE

IS EVERY OTHER
BODY PART,

OTHER THAN THE FACE
OF TOLLUND MAN.

-YES.
-YES.

AND IT'S HIDING
IN A MUSEUM STORAGE.

♪♪

WOW.

WOW!

I AM LOST FOR WORDS.

OH, MY GOD.

WOW.

Nina:
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BONE
INSIDE THE FOOT HERE.

I'VE SEEN AND STUDIED
HUNDREDS OF MUMMIES

OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES,

AND I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS.

♪♪

OH, MY GOD.

THAT'S ALL SKIN, RIGHT?

Nina: YES.

WOW.

THAT'S A TORSO.

THE HIP BONES
ARE MISSING HERE.

BUT WE HAVE THE VERTEBRAE HERE
AND THE RIBS.

AH,
HIS RIBS, HUH?

Romany: BUT I REALIZE
THAT THE CLUES TOLLUND MAN

CAN GIVE US
MIGHT NOT BE IN THE BODY,

BUT, RATHER,
IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE BODY.

NINA,
CAN YOU SHOW ME

EXACTLY WHERE TOLLUND MAN
WAS FOUND?

I'LL TRY.
I'LL DO MY BEST.

LET'S GO.

♪♪

IF I FIND THAT TOLLUND MAN
WAS SACRIFICED

AT THE HEART OF THE BOG --

ITS MOST CENTRAL
AND DEEPEST PART,

JUST LIKE LINDOW MAN --

THIS COULD BE THE KEY

TO QUICKLY DISCOVERING
NEW BOG BODIES

THROUGHOUT NORTHERN EUROPE,

BEFORE ADVANCING DEVELOPMENT
WIPES THEM OUT FOR GOOD.

Romany: THE BIGGEST THING
IS PATTERNS, RIGHT?

WHEN YOU HAVE
NO WRITTEN RECORDS,

WHEN YOU HAVE
NO EVIDENCE,

WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE STORY,

PATTERNS
REALLY PATTERN.

AND IF WE CAN FIND
THAT ALL THESE BOG BODIES

WERE IN THE MOST CENTER PART
OF THE BOG,

THEN THAT WOULD BE
A PATTERN.

Ole: THAT WOULD BE
A PATTERN, INDEED.

SO, THIS IS THE BOG?

THE ENTIRE BOG
IS HUGE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE.
THIS WAS ALL BOG HERE.

NOW, WHERE EXACTLY WAS
TOLLUND MAN FOUND IN THIS BOG?

WE KNOW THAT IN '52,

A TOOLSMITH
FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

WENT INTO THE BOG,
THEN HE TOOK SOME PICTURES.

HERE'S ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
THAT HE MADE.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE
THE PEAT WALLS STILL STANDING,

WHICH WAS PROBABLY
THE PEAT WALLS WE SEE HERE.

OKAY.

Romany:
BASED ON NINA'S OLD PHOTOS,

I'M GOING TO TRY
AND FIND EXACTLY

WHERE TOLLUND MAN
WAS DISCOVERED.

♪♪

SO, WE'RE GETTING
CLOSE, HUH?

Nina:
SO, BASED ON THE MAPS,

TOLLUND WAS FOUND ABOUT
10 TO 15 METERS

FROM THE PEAT WALL.
OKAY.

SO TOLLUND MAN MUST'VE
BEEN FOUND JUST RIGHT HERE

IN THIS AREA.

NINA, THAT IS THE CENTER
OF THE BOG.

♪♪

Romany: IF I FIND THAT
TOLLUND MAN WAS SACRIFICED

AT THE CENTER OF THE BOG --

JUST LIKE LINDOW MAN --
WOULD SUPPORT MY THEORY

THAT PLACEMENT WAS CRITICAL
TO THE SACRIFICE ITSELF.

Nina: SO, TOLLUND MAN
MUST'VE BEEN FOUND

JUST RIGHT HERE,
IN THIS AREA.

NINA, THAT IS THE CENTER
OF THE BOG.

♪♪

IT IS THE CENTER
OF THE BOG.

AND ON THE OLD MAPS,
WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE

THAT LAYOUT PLACED
AT THE VERY DEEPEST PART,

WHERE THERE WAS THE MOST WATER,
BACK IN 1874.

THIS IS
GROUNDBREAKING.

THAT MEANS WE CAN
GO AROUND IN THE BOGS

THAT ARE
STILL THERE TODAY,

AND INSTEAD OF
LOOKING ALL OVER,

WE CAN GO AHEAD
RIGHT IN THE CENTER

AND LOOK THERE
AND FIND THESE SECRETS

BEFORE MODERN DEVELOPMENT
TAKES THEM AWAY.

WELL,
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY CURRENT
EXCAVATION ON ANY BOGS TODAY?

WELL, AT THE MOMENT, BOG --
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

DOWN BY JELLING,
SO I WOULD SUGGEST

THAT YOU GO DOWN THERE
AND HAVE A LOOK.

♪♪

THE EXCAVATION SITE
IS A FORMER BOG

THAT HAS BEEN DRAINED
FOR PLANTING.

WOW. LOOK AT THIS.

IN JUST A FEW MONTHS,

IT WILL BE LOST
TO A MASSIVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

♪♪

MADS?
YEAH.

HEY.

I'M MEETING WITH MADS RAVN,

THE HEAD OF ARCHAEOLOGY
AT THE VEJLE MUSEUM,

WHO'S IN THE RACE AGAINST TIME
TO UNEARTH IRON AGE RELICS

AND BODIES BURIED IN PEAT.

BASICALLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT
GETTING STUFF FOUND,

AND TAKE IT
INTO THE MUSEUM.

AND YOU HAVEN'T
FOUND ANYTHING HERE YET?

NO, WE HAVEN'T FOUND THAT MUCH
AT THE MOMENT HERE, NO.

-YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT?
-NO.

SO YOU'RE PUTTING ALL
YOUR RESOURCES HERE RIGHT NOW.

YES, YES.

WHAT'S YOUR METHODOLOGY
IN EXCAVATING BOGS LIKE THIS?

HOW DO YOU LOOK?
WHERE DO YOU LOOK FIRST?

WELL, YOU SEE, WHEN YOU HAVE
TO INVESTIGATE AN AREA

OF 23 HECTARES,
YOU CANNOT USE A SHOVEL.

YOU HAVE TO USE
A MACHINE BASICALLY,

AND THAT'S WHY WE DO
THESE SYSTEMATIC TRENCHES.

MADS AND HIS TEAM HAVE ONLY
A FEW MONTHS REMAINING

TO DIG THROUGH 23 HECTARES,
AND SO FAR,

HIS TEAM HAS ONLY BEEN DIGGING
ON THE PERIMETER OF THE BOG.

AND THE THEORY IS THAT,

THOSE RITUALS THAT HAPPENED
IN THE BOGS

TOOK PLACE
RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOG.

WE HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY
HOW THE BOG LOOKED LIKE

2,000 YEARS AGO FOR US
TO LOCATE THE CENTER OF IT.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
IT TAKES A LONG TIME,

BUT IF THIS THEORY
IS CORRECT,

JUST IMAGINE HOW MANY THINGS
WE CAN FIND

BEFORE THESE LANDS
GO AWAY.

DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS BOG
LOOKED LIKE 2,000 YEARS AGO?

NOT EXACTLY, BUT WE DO
HAVE SOME LIDAR SCANS.

LIDAR MAPS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LOOK AT.

LIDAR IMAGING
USES PULSES OF LASER LIGHT

TO DETECT UNDERGROUND
FORMATIONS.

ON THIS SCAN, THE DARKEST PARTS
SHOW WHERE IT WAS THE WETTEST.

Mads: THEN YOU CAN
ZOOM IN THIS AREA.

I SEE.
LIDAR IS THE WAY TO GO.

YOU HAVE, LIKE,
THESE DARK SPOTS.

CAN YOU MOVE --
MOVE LEFT FOR ME.

YEAH, YEAH.

THE SPOTS THAT ARE
STILL WET TODAY

WERE ONCE THE DEEPEST PARTS
OF THE BOG.

THIS PART HERE OF THE BOG,
THE DARKEST PART,

THAT LOOKS THE DEEPEST.YEAH, IT DOES.

AND WE WANT TO FIND
THE TRUE CENTER OF THIS BOG,

AND THAT'S WHERE
WE WANT TO DIG.

WHAT'S THE WIDTH OF
THIS DEEPEST PART OF THE BOG?

123 METERS.

THAT'S ABOUT
360 FEET.

YEAH.
OKAY.

AND HOW ABOUT
THIS SIDE?

IT'S 50 METERS.

MADS IS MEASURING THE LENGTH
AND WIDTH OF THE DARKEST SPOT.

THE SPOT WHERE THEY CROSS

IS WHERE WE'LL FIND
THE CENTER OF THE BOG.

-IF THIS THEORY IS ACCURATE...
-YES.

...RIGHT, RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT IN THE CENTER,

WOULD BE THE PLACE
WHERE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING.

YES.
IF WE TODAY, YOU AND I,

DIG IN THAT CENTER OF THE BOG
AND FIND SOMETHING,

THAT WOULD HELP
THE FUTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

WHEN IT COMES
TO BOG BODIES.

DO YOU MIND STOPPING
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING HERE?

UH...
GO WITH ME

TO THE CENTER OF THE BOG
AND START DIGGING?

LET'S DO IT.RIGHT IN THIS SPOT.

YEAH. LET'S GO.
LET'S GO.

♪♪

WE'RE ABOUT
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT?

YEAH, RIGHT HERE.

SO, THIS IS THE DIP.

AND YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS
A LAKE OR A BOG AT SOME STAGE.

NOW IT'S BEEN DRAINED,
SO THEN THE TURF HAS COLLAPSED

AND, THEREFORE,
IT'S DEEPER.

THIS IS THE DEEPEST PART
OF THE BOG, ISN'T IT?

YEAH.
THAT'S GREAT.

I MEAN,
LOOK AT THIS.

YEAH.

OKAY, LET'S
BRING THEM HERE.

♪♪

2,000 YEARS AGO,
RIGHT HERE IN THIS SPOT,

WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DEEPEST,
MOST CENTER SPOT

IN THE WHOLE BOG.

THIS, IF MY THEORY IS CORRECT,

WOULD BE THE SPOT WHERE WE CAN
FIND BOG BODIES AND OFFERINGS

THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
DURING THE IRON AGE TIME.

IF THIS CENTER OF THE BOG
HAS ANYTHING IN IT,

THEN WE'RE PROVING
A PATTERN NOW.

THIS WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.

THIS IS BIG.

THAT'S THE TOP LAYER?
YEAH.

KEEP GOING.
THAT'S GOOD.

[ MACHINERY WHIRRING ]

THERE'S NO MORE PEAT.

IT'S ALL CLAY HERE.

SOMETIMES THE TURF
WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED.

IT WILL, YOU KNOW,
GET VERY, VERY DENSE.

ESPECIALLY IF IT LIES FOR,
YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS,

100 YEARS,
200 YEARS.

ALL THE LAYERS
GET VERY CONDENSED,

SO IF YOU JUST SCRAPE ONE,
YOU'RE 100 YEARS DOWN.

OXYGEN HAS COME IN.

EVERYTHING ELSE DISAPPEARS.

PEAT FORMS
AT A MILLIMETER AT YEAR.

SO, NORMALLY,
YOU'VE GOT TO GO SIX FEET DOWN

TO GET TO 2,000 YEARS AGO,

BUT THIS BOG IS COMPRESSED
FROM BEING DRAINED,

SO IT'S HUNDREDS OF YEARS
IN JUST A FEW INCHES.

SO, WE HAVE 2,000 YEARS
OF HISTORY IN THIS MUCH SOIL.

YES.

AND WE MIGHT LOSE THE CHANCE
OF FINDING A BOG BODY

BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE PAPER THIN
AND DISSIPATE INTO THE SOIL.

BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY
THE CHANCE OF FINDING

A NON-HUMAN OFFERING,
ANY TYPE OF ARTIFACT.

SO WE MIGHT HAVE 3,000 YEARS
OF HISTORY IN FOUR-FOOT OF DIRT.

AND THAT'S WHY METAL-DETECTING
IN ALL THESE LITTLE HEAPS

IS CRUCIAL.

♪♪

WE'VE CALIBRATED
THE METAL DETECTORS

TO BE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE
SO THEY'RE CAPABLE OF PICKING UP

EVEN THE SMALLEST
OF IRON ARTIFACTS.

♪♪

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPS ]

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPING ]

MADS,
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.

♪♪

Romany:
THIS IS HARALDSKAER WOMAN.

AND JUST LIKE
MANY OTHER BOG BODIES,

WHEN SHE WAS DISCOVERED,
SHE WAS MISIDENTIFIED.

BUT THIS ONE WAS MISIDENTIFIED
AS THE QUEEN OF NORWAY,

WHO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED
BY HER HUSBAND,

KING OF THE VIKING,
HARALD BLUETOOTH.

YES, THE ONE WHO THE CURRENT

BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY
WAS NAMED AFTER.

BUT IN THE YEAR 2000,

WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO
DO ADVANCED POSTMORTEM STUDIES,

THEY FOUND OUT
THAT QUEEN GUNNHILD

DIED 1,500 YEARS TOO LATE
TO BE HER.

AND THIS IS
A EUROPEAN IRON AGE BOG BODY.

THIS MUMMY IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY

HELPING US SOLVE SECRETS
OF THE PAST.

♪♪

Romany: WITH LAND DEVELOPMENTS
THREATENING TO DESTROY THE BOGS

AND THE SECRETS THEY HOLD,

IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE DISCOVER
BOG BODIES AND ARTIFACTS

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

IF MY THEORY IS CORRECT,
WHEN ANCIENT CELTS

RITUALLY SACRIFICED
THESE BODIES,

IT WAS RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF THE BOG,

SO THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW.

♪♪

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPS ]

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPING ]

MADS, I THINK
I GOT A HIT HERE.

IT'S NOT SUPER STRONG,
IT MIGHT BE DEEP,

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPING ]

LET'S DO THIS.

LET'S SAVE IT HERE.

OH.
I HIT IT.

WHAT IS THIS?

IT'S IRON.

IT'S IRON.

Mads: AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE TOOLS?YEAH, RECENT.

WHEN THEY RUST, THEY FALL OFF
WHEN THEY DRIVE THEM.

YEAH. SO THERE'S
NOTHING ELSE HERE?

WELL FOUND.

WELL FOUND.[ LAUGHS ]

THERE'S ONE THING I LEARNED
FROM THE SANDS OF EGYPT, MADS.

WHAT IS THAT?
DON'T GIVE UP.

'CAUSE WE HAVE
WAYS TO GO.

YES.
RIGHT?

YES.
LET'S KEEP DIGGING.

♪♪

♪♪

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPS ]

♪♪

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPING ]

♪♪

HEY, RAMY?
YEAH?

I THINK NOW
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING.

YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING?
YEAH.

COME AND CHECK IT OUT.YOU'VE GOT A HIT?

MAYBE.

HERE IT IS.

♪♪

WHAT IS IT?

LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS.

IS THIS IRON AGE?THAT'S IRON AGE.

ARE YOU SURE?
I'M SURE.

AND YOU THINK
THIS WAS AN OFFERING?

COULD'VE BEEN, YES.

MADS, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT THIS MEANS?

WE ARE RIGHT HERE
AT THE CENTER OF THE BOG.

YES.

WOW.

IT'S A PART OF JEWELRY?

YES.

CELTIC SACRIFICE VICTIMS
HAVE BEEN FOUND

WITH A BROOCH LIKE THIS,

FASTENING A CLOAK
AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS.

SO THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
THAT UNDERNEATH US

THERE'S STILL A BOG BODY
THAT HAD THIS ON?

COULD BE, YES.

♪♪

WELL, YOU STILL HAVE
SIX MONTHS TO GO

BEFORE THIS PLACE TURNS
INTO A DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT?

YES.
WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN.

THANK YOU, MADS.

THIS GIVES ARCHAEOLOGISTS
ALL OVER EUROPE

A SEARCH STRATEGY
TO LOCATE MORE BOG BODIES

AND ANCIENT CELTIC RELICS --

LOCATE THE CENTER OF THE BOG
AND SEARCH THERE.

SEPARATED BY HUNDREDS OF MILES
ACROSS LAND AND SEA,

THE BOG BODIES ARE
REVEALING THEIR SECRETS --

THE RITUAL MEAL, THE DELIBERATE
PLACEMENT OF THESE BODIES.

A PICTURE IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE

OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
ACROSS NORTHERN EUROPE.

THIS DIDN'T JUST
GIVE THEM PROSPERITY.

THIS GAVE THEM SURVIVAL.

THEY NEEDED
THAT IRON FROM THE BOGS.

THEY NEEDED THAT PEAT FOR FUEL.

WITHOUT IT, THEY DON'T SURVIVE.

AS TECHNOLOGY
CONTINUES TO PROGRESS,

WE WILL USE THESE TOOLS
TO LEARN EVEN MORE

ABOUT THESE AMAZING MUMMIES.

♪♪