The Bio//Medical Enthusiast

A poster explaining peat bogs, the bodies that have been found in them, and the science behind why these bodies are so well-kept for hundreds of years.

Images sourced from Wikimedia Commons and Unsplash. Edited in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Further reading:

1. Kibler L, Solomon R. The Return of Organic Soft Tissue Preservation Abilities and the “Bog Body” Phenomenon in MLTT Restored Peatlands. Journal of Student Research 2023;12; doi: 10.47611/jsrhs.v12i4.5378.
2. Lobell JA, Patel SS. Bog Bodies Rediscovered. Archaeology 2010;63(3):22–29.
3. Levine J. Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets. 2017. Available from: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/ [Last accessed: 4/23/2026].
4. Ogilvie T. Conserving Bog Bodies: The Key Questions. Journal of Wetland Archaeology 2020; doi: 10.1080/14732971.2020.1826196.
5. Lynnerup N. Bog Bodies. Anat Rec 2015;298(6):1007–1012; doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23138.
6. Van Beek R, Quik C, Bergerbrant S, et al. Bogs, bones and bodies: the deposition of human remains in northern European mires (9000 BC–AD 1900). Antiquity 2023;97:1–21; doi: 10.15184/aqy.2022.163.