Yde Girl

53°05′49″N 6°35′06″E / 53.09694°N 6.58500°E / 53.09694; 6.58500[1]

Head and trunk of Yde Girl
Location where the Yde Girl was found

Yde Girl (English: /ˈɪdə/ ⓘ) is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands. She was found on 12 May 1897 and was reputedly uncannily well-preserved when discovered (especially her hair), but by the time the body was turned over to the authorities two weeks later, it had been severely damaged and deteriorated.[2] Most of her teeth and hair had been pulled from the skull.[3] The peat-cutting tools had also been reported to have severely damaged the body.[2]

  1. ^ van der Sanden, Wijnand (1990). Mens en moeras: veenlijken in Nederland van de bronstijd tot en met de Romeinse tijd. Assen: Drents Museum. pp. 61 Fig 12. ISBN 90-70884-31-3.
  2. ^ a b Deem, James M. "Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands: The Yde Girl". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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