Kayhausen Boy
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The Kayhausen Boy is a mummy, naturally preserved in a sphagnum bog in Lower Saxony, Germany.[1] He is one of the few recorded bog children discovered.
Discovery and examination
The body, of a boy believed to have been approximately seven to ten years of age at the time of his death, was found in 1922.[2] The boy is estimated to have died between 400 and 300 BCE.[3] His arms and feet were bound together with cloth torn from clothing and a fur cape. The examination concluded that he had been stabbed three to four centimetres deep, three times in the neck and once on his left arm. It is thought that the wound on the boy's arm had happened when the boy may have raised his arm in an act of self-defence towards his attacker.
A recent examination of the body shows that the weapon used to kill the child was a dagger with a four-centimetre blade.[4][5] A possible reason for the boy's demise is that he had suffered from an infected socket at the top of his femur, and hence would not have been able to walk without assistance. Because of the high incidence of deformities among bog bodies, such as the Yde Girl, anthropologists have suggested that the disabled were sacrificed because they were considered to be unfavored by their gods. The boy's body is preserved in a formalin solution and is not displayed.
See also
- Bog body
- Elling Woman
- Grauballe Man
- List of unsolved murders
- Tollund Man
- Windeby I
- Yde Girl
References
- ^ Paoletti, Gabe (2017-10-11). "Bog Bodies: See The Pre-Egyptian Mummies Made By Nature". All That's Interesting. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "The Bog Bodies - Why do so many show signs of violent death?". Survival Update. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Archaeology.about.com Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine. Archaeology.about.com (4 August 2010). Retrieved on 15 September 2011.
- ^ Madea, Burkhard, Johanna Preuss, and Frank Musshoff. "From Flourishing Life to Dust-The Natural Cycle." Mummies of the World. Ed. Alfried Wieczorek and Wilfried Rosendahl. First ed. 2010. 28. Print
- ^ Archaeology.org. Archaeology.org. Retrieved on 15 September 2011.
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(approx. deathdates)
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- Luttra Woman (c. 3920–3650 BC)
- Stoneyisland Man (c. 3320–3220 BC)
- Cashel Man (c. 2000 BC)
- Borremose bodies (c. 770 BC)
- Girl of the Uchter Moor (c. 764–515 BC)
- Haraldskær Woman (c. 490 BC)
- Gallagh Man (c. 470–120 BC)
- Kayhausen Boy (c. 400–300 BC)
- Tollund Man (c. 4th c. BC)
- Clonycavan Man (c. 392–201 BC)
- Old Croghan Man (c. 362–175 BC)
- Elling Woman (c. 350–150 BC)
- Damendorf Man (c. 300 BC)
- Grauballe Man (c. 3rd c. BC)
- Lindow Man (c. 200 BC–119 AD)
- Lindow Woman (c. 200 BC–119 AD)
- Weerdinge Men (c. 160 BC–220 AD)
- Huldremose Woman (c. 160 BC–340 AD)
- Yde Girl (c. 54 BC–128 AD)
- Windeby I (c. 41 BC–118 AD)
- Osterby Man (c. 70–220 AD)
- Amcotts Moor Woman (c. 200–400 AD)
- Bocksten Man (14th c. AD)
- Gunnister Man (c. 18th c. AD)