Why Does This Ancient Corpse Have a Manicure?

The bog-preserved corpse of Croghan Man had well-manicured nails and a leather-plated armlet. What could this tell us about his role in an ancient society?
From: MUMMIES ALIVE: Buried in a Bog
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[@SmoulderDrache]

stylish even in death

[@weetardedcat2112]

what even are you even on about?

[@panscopia1791]

If you got it flaunt it.

[@jordanrichardson797]

kittylikespie27 exactly how I’m trying to go out

[@lindohkid7463]

He has a manicure because he's fabulous

[@siva1149]

😂

[@emilyharrison10]

That’s it. Don’t even need to watch the video 😂

[@shimmyhinnah]

😄👍 you made my day

[@Jen-zk9se]

Mystery solved. 🙌

[@diyarrasol6093]

Corpse missing half of its body* Archeologists: He has beautifully manicured nails

[@willfakaroni5808]

the other bits got ripped off by the machinery used to dig in the bog

[@travis1190]

Forget the Manicure! What happen to the rest of him is what should be answered.

[@ayabae_]

all i read about him is that he was a king, his head was chopped off (sorry for my poor english)

[@saleemgowani5345]

The bottom part of his body was hacked off by an axe I know that.

[@ogvamp2]

Ok so the bottom part of his body was hacked off by a axe and his head was chopped off.

[@rosettekz3288]

Y'all put the puzzle pieces together. Now everyone knows the whole story! 👏

[@darelyyum.4683]

Rip

[@WOWfunnyVideos]

Always enjoy seeing the results of their unique finds. The language, however, always makes me chuckle: "researchers/we believe...", "probably", "possibly", "likely", "may have been", etc. It's all a polite way of saying, "we don't know crap". lol

[@iamnoone1296]

WoWFunnyVideos 😅😅😅😅 u got it

[@samanthasmith8652]

Well there really is no way to know for sure, they can only make educated guesses to come up with the most likely possible outcome. But I totally get what you mean lol

[@deborahgate965]

Lol

[@annathompson2399]

Hey i mean it's a basic rule that nothing in science is proven, it's just very very likely

[@REALITYOFLIFE]

Yes i agree with what you have said

[@aihposeirebrabed8601]

Better than my nails honestly

[@NoOneHere2Day]

Maybe he wore gardening gloves.

[@EarthaClit88]

69 likes…nice

[@francisnoname842]

I saw him at a museum exhibit about bog mummies. He was found in a bog by people harvesting bog material with heavy machinery. His body is so mutilated because he got stuck in the heavy machinery.

[@williammccraw3629]

Actually Old Croghan Man was dismembered at death the cuts are noted to be too clean to have been damaged by machinery. Another bog mummy called Clonycavan Man in this case was damaged by machinery his upper half remains intact.

[@shinhwachangjo923]

Croghan man is a king right? he sacrificed himself. he was brutally killed. they even chopped his head off. am i right?

[@chris9506]

shinhwa changjo yes

[@ballistictemplereliteknigh2681]

shinhwa changjo Brave Heart

[@benitasteffan7404]

shinhwa changjo , if I am correct here, this body was discovered by accident. Men were excavating with heaven farm equipment and while turning the soli over he was found. At first they thought it was the body of a possible murder- but also the head was destroyed by accident by the heavy equipment. So that is why the head is not intact with the body. I remember this from a program I watched a while back. I’m sure you can look it up.

[@heliotropezzz333]

I agree. That was the custom of the Celts, to elect a King but sacrifice him if things went wrong for the tribe.

[@multimillionaire2744]

Christina M. I

[@ssdsd5394]

only one thing is certain.At some point he stopped breathing

[@sxdfxces3121]

СЯФSSЯОАDS DЕМФИ I would of never guessed that

[@xaviercrepin2930]

The archeologists presume he was a king sacrified for different reasons in a ritual, decapited then cut in half. Some wounds on his arms suggested he tried to protect himself of this trafic end

[@GrainneMhaol]

That's not necessarily true. He was probably cut by a peat-harvesting machine.

[@katieb2098]

oh my god I live 30 minutes from there

[@alanwalsh1596]

maby he was a Tennant farmer or a druid or a monarch or an estate owner

[@parkchimmin7913]

Alan Walsh They said that he was probably a druid or a man of high status.

[@sumib4146]

Alan Walsh probably! Sure

[@nstheboss]

Love these kinds of discoveries, so fascinating to see a body so well preserved and even more when you release its over 2000 years old.

[@Anthony-zr8gp]

Man I love history

[@iilikecereal]

Maybe their fingernails are short because he PICKS or BITES THEM!!! You know, like any normal person.

[@neogeo1670]

yeah this person most likely did that

[@joeboyd1964]

iilikecereal If he bit them they would look a little differen; real rough and stuff.

[@ch2263]

iilikecereal And maybe he occasionally washed so that's why they weren't dirty.

[@platnumicecube1049]

iilikecereal no one I'm a normal person and didn't do that.😑

[@CrystalRuizEnriquez]

iilikecereal e ww, normal people don't bite and pick at their nails, we use clippers.

[@pamchua2288]

Fancy af

[@_kunerie1818]

but it wasnt *HOLO*

[@andila716]

Sassy Wonho 😂

[@conner4991]

Sassy Wonho OH FUCK SHIT

[@nicoleanneveracruz7838]

ooooooh! holosexual represent!

[@scouser2010ify]

Cristine would be proud of this comment

[@seokspells3880]

haaaahhhahha

[@WateverWatever04]

Reads title, initial thought "TIME TRAVELLING"

[@pommiebears]

He was huge! See the size and width of his Hands and shoulders?? Big man!

[@elzorro7of9]

The number of bog bodies that got cut to bits in milling machines by Bord Na Mona tells you that this dude was not all that special. My dad worked those bogs and said that to me. He was a foreman and production was paramount. For every found remains you can bet there were hundreds which ended up in power stations, actually probably where the rest of croghan mans body ended up.

[@Nina-sg1rz]

2:37 thats a moat and bailey how is that a religious thing

[@Ema-li9ib]

Me when I die

[@malikaa4348]

Where is the rest of his body? 💀

[@nothingdarling4788]

Malika A right 💀

[@malikaa4348]

+Shira Monea lol

[@ivi6054]

Bihh 💀😂

[@malikaa4348]

+Ivonne Delonge 😂

[@professoroak3411]

dead

[@chaoskittenxo]

Bit annoying that the narrator cannot pronounce 'Croghan' correctly despite it being correctly said in the footage within. The 'g' is silent, it is pronounced 'Craw-hin'. (While regional variation does occur in Irish, 'Crog-hin' is not correct!).

[@lindat5784]

people struggling to get and maintain kingdoms, people struggling poor fearful of where their next meal is coming from. i wish we could find that middle ground and be thankful and enjoy

[@mastergwonam3516]

Shut the fuck up you stupid commie.

[@ARCHIE8159]

He was a hand model much like George Costanza.

[@ChuckKeough]

These are things I need to know.

[@bbwelii4485]

had to look snatched even before he got sacrificed

[@ricardosimon517]

Very interesting article ,.!

[@thetwistedsamurai]

Is it bad I always thought Druids were fictional?

[@slainemccool2875]

Lol nah they are always shown as fantasy wizards and such in media so I don't blame you for thinking they were made up

[@naydaanjou3734]

Cause he’s sickening even in death honey!

[@NUSORCA]

Lands are never too small to be divided

[@bradigansd5070]

Sis spilled so much tea she needed people to know she ain’t no one to fuck with

[@copacel8428]

he nailed it

[@UsserError]

I bite my nails real clean like that too... it's an art.

[@BigHit9922]

Why isn’t this more well known?

[@kimk8825]

Interesting 🤔

[@something2493]

I was watching nail tutorials....

[@FruiteeK]

What I can't seem to understand is how can the skin get that hard and stay that preserved without being frozen, I mean does it turn leather like??

[@kfer9249]

Yes, the acidic conditions in a bog essentially tan a body so it won't d compose.

[@charliefrisbie3764]

Where are the full episodes.???

[@ButtChinsAreHereToStay]

3:36 I think he died sitting on the bog.

[@sparkynutters690]

This corpse’s nails are in far better shape than mine......

[@michaelmakabenta3351]

I came here expecting ancient mummy mani pedi tutorials but no;(

[@nynz197]

He gotta look fresh for the afterlife

[@mattrondeau7466]

Assuming someone didn't work wirh their hands because they don't gave scars or gnarly fingernails is ridiculous.

[@disney1nickjluvr45]

Okay, serious question: so the arm band was the indicator that he was a man? Without the lower half of the body how else would they tell?

[@lexigrimhaive]

So he only had a chest and arms when found?

[@ineffablemars]

Maybe because he wanted to feel *f a b u l o u s*

[@Nbxx186]

It’s CROH-HAN hill not crogan 🙃

[@SoneBone100]

Did y'all put bracelet on him?

[@camilaodom1344]

being old af is no excuse for poor cuticle care lol

[@slainemccool2875]

He was extremely tall for the time too standing 6'6 they got this from his arm length

[@anraienrique7547]

I think it was adjusted to 6 foot 3

[@lorrainewhitlock5377]

Why? Because they were going to show a close-up of his hand. Give me a break!!!

[@jenpw1525]

Wasn’t it very unusual to be 6’5 this far back in history. People were generally shorter in stature weren’t they?

[@ibrahimahmedbulale9836]

No they were taller

[@jenpw1525]

No that cannot be possible people did not grow super tall because food was scarcer and so their bodies didn’t grow to full size. look at what happens with stray feral cats. They are always smaller in stature than domesticated ones. And children that have been starved by abusive parents always look half their age and half a normal size

[@MXTT2001]

Yes very unusual

[@jazibnadeem894]

This is where GRRM author of game of thrones got the idea of Cranog men. The marshland dwellers.

[@rekezaam6960]

I think it was his partner bitting his fiinger and toe nails and doing the manicure and pedicure for him. Yet I don't know why is the body torn into pieces.

[@plzplz-oo7bd]

SOOOOO would the corpse smell?

[@klaus3794]

What good is a 3.55 min. docu?

[@shofisstar]

“How he died” well he’s missing a head and a pair of legs. So I think it might have something to do with that

[@willfakaroni5808]

that stuff only got removed when they were digging through to bog and found the body

[@letolethe3344]

I wish they'd added more detail about why they associate sacred mounds and armlets with sun worship, as opposed to earth worship or any other deity. Without more information or evidence, which I'm sure exists, it comes across here as random guessing.

[@LuffyissHere]

Is he going to make it?

[@MfWetWet]

Maybe he’s a sacrifice and inauguration hills are actual for sacrifices

[@miklomartinez8188]

How do they know this is a man? There is only a chest and arms.

[@summerreneluster]

Miklo Martinez Lack of boobles.

[@summerreneluster]

Miklo Martinez Lack of boobles.

[@CrystalRuizEnriquez]

Men and women have different structures, and his DNA was probably checked.

[@meow9426]

He was tittyless

[@scouser2010ify]

The lack of breast tissue and you can straight up tell it’s a more masculine body

[@goldenfern1295]

I can only see a torso

[@lalalalala9451]

A dead dude has better nails than I do damn

[@frankziola7710]

Tax collector, 500 years from now people are going to dig up the Eastern portion of the United States find internal revenue people from the 1900s

[@khaithianthang]

maybe he's a nail bitter?

[@danamartin1919]

he was used as a sacrifice

[@Skysiax]

If you think about it... the dead corpse might be related to you

[@imlikeheroin2]

Bruh I just watched the video about this same mummy that was supposedly a king that was executed for failing tribe...

[@itsroyale5149]

PUGWUDGIES WUTTTTTY

[@itme5657]

Clean is not a word i would apply but okay

[@TIYX]

Manicure? please. I work with my hands and have not taken clippers to my finger nails in 20 years. I have torn long nails with a nail from the other hand. Given that my nails for the most part stay the same length because I guess they get worn down when I am working.

[@CrystalRuizEnriquez]

Wow

[@biddyearly9262]

Thats my Grandfather Michael Patrick Oleary.

[@seanborlaza4817]

Nice

[@doug1863]

He was the first metro-sexual ?

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Well everyone did only have small round/oval faces back then 😂

[@danieljackman8412]

Finding a preserved body in a bog that’s about as Irish as you’ll get 😂

[@chewie2055]

Daniel Jackman That’s funny.....

[@una877]

? Em okay

[@normamcmanus1139]

Most likely a noble or merchant.

[@elzorro7of9]

Dude, its a silent 'G' , Crawhan is how you say it

[@chadsmith2281]

A son of the fallen angels or the shining one's imo!

[@nailsbydrea]

So what if has a manicure? Don't we all get them?

[@onewaytosavetheday]

How could he have been strong? His nails were nice and he had no calluses on his hands. That means he wasn't doing much physical movement. He was more likely slender or maybe even tubby. I mean, come on...

[@kysfggt]

He was a druid? What spec?

[@drydryd]

clearly resto. I mean he clearly died midway through shape-shifting into tree form.

[@rishisolanki783]

music sounds like GEORGE HENNIN

[@WhoToldYouThatAtlanta]

Hmm 🤔 A Druid just like the Queen

[@kratosisbald2849]

Is that corpse from stone age?

[@chromebook7364]

*mmm yes*

[@ayomayo1973]

Why not

[@coco3661]

City girl activities goes way back apparently

[@swagon4545]

I wonder if they had mobiles back then... 🤔.......👈

[@proraptorplays184]

Woah

[@harringtonlackey9350]

Time traveler manicurist.

[@intotheabyssoftheunknown4479]

It was a sacrifice.

[@Pomegranate44]

Hes 1/3 the man he used to be

[@RPDBY]

can they read his DNA?

[@rationalstarsign]

RPDBY Maybe, if they did an autopsy

[@branflakes2600]

Could an autopsy damage the body severely?

[@rationalstarsign]

Bran Flakes yes, since the body is so old it'll be very hard/impossible to stitch it back up

[@michaelzimmerman600]

No because his dna is not on record

[@CrystalRuizEnriquez]

Michael Zimmerman but his DNA data could show whom his modern relatives are

[@TomSidProductions]

Why does he have a manicure? Because he got one. cause and effect

[@anabellahehe6068]

Next episode why does he have hair dye?! Lamo

[@guavastrawberry9841]

Gosh maybe he wanted to have clean hands .. 😑

[@mochi9043]

Not suprised. The chinese has manicures and nail polish long ago too. Like maybe tang dynasty