In 1991, a group of hikers found the mummified remains of Ötzi the Iceman emerging from a melting ... The chances of finding another prehistoric human body, in a similar topographical setting ...

But Ötzi the iceman ... into early human history. His mummified remains were uncovered in melting glacier in the mountainous border between Austria and Italy. Analysis of the body has told ...

Each year, thousands visit his mummified ... Iceman in life looked a lot more like the mummy itself. “It is remarkable how the reconstruction is biased by our own preconception of a Stone Age h ...

Naturally preserved by more than 5,000 years of sun, wind, and freezing temperatures, the leathery remains of Ötzi the Iceman quickly ... the best investigated human body the whole world has ...

Found high in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, Ötzi the Iceman had ... known tattoos in human history were created, though questions still remain about the meaning behind the body art.

He’s known as Ötzi the Iceman, nicknamed for the nearby Ötzal Alps ... he died around 3250 BCE (Before the Common Era), making him the oldest naturally mummified human ever found. A bone analysis ...