This is a close-up of the hand from a 2,000-year-old Iron Age bog body: the Old Croghan Man.
This is a close-up of the hand from a 2,000-year-old Iron Age bog body: the Old Croghan Man. He was discovered in an Irish bog in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, near where the body was found. According to radiocarbon dating, Old Croghan Man lived sometime between 362 and 175 BC, a period when the Celtic Iron Age was at its height. During this time, the Celts in Ireland were divided into 150 kingdoms, each with its own ruler. It is speculated that Old Croghan Man may have been one of these Iron Age rulers. National Museum of Ireland, Dublin