Found high in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, Ötzi the Iceman had dark skin and eyes and was likely bald. His remarkably well-preserved remains, frozen beneath ice for about 5,300 years, revealed 61 ...

Tattooed lines on Ötzi the Iceman’s left wrist, like others on his body, were created by poking holes in the skin with a pointed, pigment-coated tool, researchers say.

Along with the discovery of the murder, crews preserving the remains in 1991 also located a copper ax, longbow, and bearskin hat. But the efforts to find more info about the Iceman didn’t stop ...

Ötzi the Iceman has 61 tattoos across his abdomen, lower back, lower legs and left wrist. South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology / EURAC / Samadelli / Staschitz Archaeologists know a lot about Ötzi ...

The Iceman had type O blood, was lactose intolerant, and had a rare genetic anomaly that prevented his 12th pair of ribs from forming. He suffered from cavities, intestinal parasites, Lyme disease ...

Updated DNA testing on the 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy reveals fresh clues about his ancestry. The new finds show that he was an Anatolian farmer, and likely had an increased risk of ...

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 ...

Jason Dunion is a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami and is also affiliated with NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. In a NOAA “ 101 ” about the Saharan ...

Though the Iceman mummy’s skin is obviously dark, scientists used to think that was a result of being frozen in a glacier for more than 5,000 years. A new genetic analysis reveals that Ötzi ...

Now, Grand Island native Gary Staab is playing a major role in giving Otzi’s story a whole new burst of publicity via a NOVA broadcast, “Iceman Reborn,” that will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday on PBS.