Mystery or the unexplained · 1936
The woman in the Rabivere bog
In March 1936 two peat cutters in the Rabivere bog near Kohila found a mummified body. Near it lay a copper coin from the 17th century. Scientists who studied the remains described a woman aged 25 to 32 and about 155 to 160 cm tall. Who she was and how she ended up in the bog is unknown, but she remains the only mummified bog body in Estonia that has been documented by archaeologists. The bog itself, up to six metres deep, has been protected since 1981.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1936. aasta märtsis leidsid kaks turbalõikajat Kohila lähedalt Rabivere soost mumifitseerunud surnukeha. Selle lähedal oli 17. sajandi vaskraha. Säilmeid uurinud teadlased kirjeldasid 25–32-aastast naist, kes oli umbes 155–160 cm pikk. Kes ta oli ja kuidas ta rappa sattus, ei teata, kuid see on ainus arheoloogiliselt dokumenteeritud mumifitseerunud rabalaip Eestis. Kuni kuue meetri sügavune raba on kaitse all alates 1981. aastast.