The story of Otzi, the Iceman, has been a fascinating one from the very beginning, turning him into an international sensation that has fascinated people for the past 25 years.

That mummy became known as Ötzi the Iceman, and today, his remains are housed in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Italy. Here are some of the things we’ve learned about him since the ...

He’s known as Ötzi the Iceman, nicknamed for the nearby Ötzal Alps, where he was found in 1991. The 5-foot, 2-inch 110-pound corpse is a mummy, preserved essentially as he looked the day he died.