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Ghosts of Murdered Kings Preview

Bronze age bog bodies reveal the strange beliefs of the long-vanished peoples of Europe.

Aired 01/29/2014 | Rating TV-14

NOVA

Ghosts of Murdered Kings Preview

Preview: Season 41 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Bronze age bog bodies reveal the strange beliefs of the long-vanished peoples of Europe.

In the rolling hills of Ireland's County Tipperary, a laborer harvesting peat from a dried-up bog spots the remnants of a corpse and stops his machine just in time, revealing a headless torso almost perfectly preserved and stained dark brown by the bog. Archeologists recognize the corpse as one of Europe's rare bog bodies.

Aired 01/29/2014 | Rating TV-14

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