Bog Bodies Questions about Mummies and Bog Bodies Q1. The best preserved bog bodies have been found in northern Europe, especially Denmark. Because of the special properties of a bog, bodies deposited there did not deteriorate.
People have a gruesome fascination with death.
At a more academic level, bog bodies are interesting because they provide a particularly detailed glimpse into the lives of people who lived thousands of years ago. It is not very often that people of today can look in such detail into the lives and actual faces of people who lived thousands of years ago. To see a bog body in real life is both an awesome and solemn experience. Offerings were made in the bogs, to please the gods or perhaps to ask for something. Cauldrons, jewelry, and even wagons were deposited in the bogs to curry special favor.