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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

(Image credit: Leopold Nekula/Sygma via Getty Images) When Ötzi the Iceman was ambushed and killed about 5,300 years ago in the Alps, he may have been balding and getting fat, a new study suggests.

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 ...

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 ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps the world’s most closely studied corpse.