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 ...

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. The mystery over his violent death, who he ...

Just a little more than three decades ago, Europe’s most famous mummy was discovered lying face-down in the ice, on the edge of a lake nearly two miles high in the Ötztal Alps bordering Austria and ...

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 ...

Das Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum in Bozen hat eine hochauflösende 3-D-Dokumentation von Ötzi erstellt. Der digitale Zwilling ermöglicht die Untersuchung der Gletschermumie, ohne sie aus der Kühlzelle ...

During or just before the life of the Copper Age wanderer, many high peaks in the Alps were ice-free. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Days before his violent murder in the Italian Alps about 5,300 years ago, Ötzi the iceman re-sharpened his tools, likely with his right hand, according to a new analysis of the cut marks on his ...

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 found on the ...