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A new study of the mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman questions the prevailing story of his death in the high Alps more than 5,000 years ago.
Ötzi the Iceman is one of the most well-studied individuals in human history, but there always seems to be more to learn about him. A new genomic study has now found that he didn’t look the way ...
A mere 2 hours before his grisly murder about 5,300 years ago, Ötzi the iceman chowed down on some mouthwatering morsels: wild meat from ibex and red deer, cereals from einkorn wheat and ...
Ötzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old body was found by hikers in the Tyrolean Alps, has 61 tattoos. Scientists now think they understand the technique behind them.
Study: Ötzi the Iceman probably thawed and refroze several times This would increase the odds of finding another prehistoric human body in melting ice.
Ötzi made international headlines when he was found by a pair of climbers, sticking out of an ice patch high in the Italian alps. When he was found, Ötzi had already been dead for about 5,300 ...
Frozen for over 5,000 years, Ötzi the Iceman continues to reveal surprising details about ancient human life.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Updated DNA testing on the 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy reveals fresh clues about his ...
A prehistoric man whose naturally mummified body was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps may have been toted up the mountain by his comrades, a new study suggests. The Iceman, also nicknamed ...
DNA revelations from Ötzi the Iceman’s leather and furs 5,300-year-old mummy found in the Italian Alps wore clothes made from many different animals.
Today, Ötzi is carefully tended to by researchers at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy, where his wizened body is kept in a custom cold chamber maintained at a constant ...
When is a tattoo parlor the perfect venue for a contemporary art show? When the art on view is Nicole Wilson’s nearly decade-long project “Ötzi,” in which she recreated each of 61 tattoos ...