Tag: pete marsh
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Displaying the Lindow Man: A Case Study
Tucked into a dark corner of Room 50 in the British Museum lies the body of a man who died two thousand years ago. In a hall filled mostly with jewelry and Celtic artwork, he is alarmingly human and well-preserved—the sole glimpse at an Iron Age face in a gallery dedicated to Iron Age Britain…
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Why Bog Bodies?
The study of human remains, regardless of the context in which they’re being studied, is inevitably viewed as morbid by some of those working outside the relevant fields. Whenever I’m asked about my research interests, one of the most frequent follow-up questions is “why?” While bog bodies have received some attention in recent years thanks…
The Bog Body Resource 