But North America has its peat bogs, too, and some of them contain the remarkably well-preserved remains of ancient people. One site in particular stands out as America's premier bog-body site ...

What a hat and comb found in a peat bank tell us about a 300-year-old murder - Newly unveiled artefacts paint a picture of a ...

Placing a body in an oxygen-free environment, such as a peat bog, will also cause mummification, because microorganisms can't live without air. Yet another way to create a mummy is to bury it in ...

One child was unfortunately smothered in the peat, whose body has been recovered, but no other casualties are known to have occurred. An old man is however reported to be missing this morning ...

The personal belongings of an 18th-century murder victim, hastily buried in a peat bog, have gone on display on the Isle of ...

When these decay, they are converted into that substance called peat, which consists almost entirely of roots, stems and leaves matted together. In some countries, the accumulation of such ...