brings renewed interest in the 5,300-year-old mummy. In 1991, hikers in the Ötztal Alps discovered the remarkably well-preserved body of Otzi the Iceman, dating back approximately 5,300 years.

When two hikers set out to explore a relatively unknown side of Europe they returned with much more than they bargained for.

Oeggl reconstructed the Iceman's last meal from his microscopic analysis of a tiny sample removed from the mummy's transverse colon, the part of the intestine just beyond the stomach. When the ...

The mummified body of an ancient man dubbed Otzi the Iceman was dug out of a glacier ... That was when they noticed the outstretched arm of Otzi's mummy and he was found lying on his stomach.

They found dark spots at the back of the iceman mummy's cerebrum and concluded he ... Archaeologists believe Otzi, who was carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a copper axe, may have been ...

Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. Now, newly discovered evidence sheds light not only on this mysterious ancient man, but on the dawn of ...

Since the discovery of this mummy, the Tyrolean iceman nicknamed Ötzi has been spilling secrets from the past. Beyond his obvious archaeological significance, bits of grass, meat, and fur from Ötzi’s ...

The 5,300-year-old mummy of Otzi the Ice Man, carried a backpack – and wore a pouch attached to a leather belt – on his journey through what are now called the Tyrolean Alps. Ancient Roman ...

Researchers have discovered that the oldest ice mummy, called Otzi, had a fatty last supper ... multi-omics approach combined with microscopy, we reconstructed the Iceman's last meal, showing that he ...

Some 5,300 years ago, Otzi (aka "frozen Fritz") was ... proportion of fat" - roughly 50% - in the mummy's stomach. Probing further into the DNA in iceman's stomach, scientists found evidence ...