Lindow Man: a Bog Body Mystery at Manchester Museum until 19th April 2009

2000 years after meeting his death in a peat bog, Lindow Man is returned to the north west.

On 1st August 1984, peat-cutter Andy Mould picked up a piece of wood from the machine he used to shred peat. Joking around, he threw it at his co-worker. But when it hit the floor, the peat fell off to reveal a human foot.

This grisly episode was the start of one of the most important discoveries in British archaeology. By the time excavations were completed, the 2000-year-old body of a man in his mid-twenties had come to light. With a damaged skull, slit throat and signs of strangulation, Lindow Man had clearly been murdered - but why? Was it a personal grudge, a final fight to the death, or was he sacrificied in a ritual killing? For nearly 25 years, these questions have plagues historians, archaeologists and forensic scientists as the body was displayed at the British Museum.

Now the body has been returned to the north west for the first time since its discovery. A new exhibition explores seven very personal perspectives on Lindow Man - his life, his death, his discovery and his homecoming, and how his discovery has affected the millions of people who have journeyed to see him.

With audio interpretation, Braille and large print guides and regular object handling slots all available, this fully accessible exhibition will give you an entirely new perspective on one of the most important artefacts in British history.