Yde Girl

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Yde Girl (English: ; Dutch: Meisje van Yde) is the well-preserved body of a teenage girl who died between 42 BCE and 59 CE and was discovered in 1897 in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Drenthe, in the present-day Netherlands. She is one of the best-known bog bodies from northwestern Europe and became internationally recognized following a forensic facial reconstruction created in 1992 by Richard Neave. Although her remains were exceptionally well preserved when found, they were damaged during recovery and deteriorated before reaching the Drents Museum in Assen, where they remain today. Modern scientific study has shown that she was about 16 years old, had scoliosis and abnormalities affecting her right leg, and died from compression of the neck, probably after being deliberately killed. Whether she was executed, sacrificed, or died under other circumstances remains uncertain.

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