A study of prehistoric skeletons from the Italian Alps shows that society may have been organized around fathers and that ...

Iceman isn't the only ancient individual whose DNA is giving us insights into the past. So too are those of his neighbors. A ...

Songwriter Tim Peters verrät, wie er in der Sauna mit DJ Ötzi Hits schrieb – und wie es überhaupt dazu gekommen ist.

In a major genetic study, researchers revealed the unique ancestry of Ötzi the Iceman, the prehistoric man unearthed three ...

New imaging technology has allowed scientists to decipher the tattoos of an Iron Age mummy—and study them like never before.

Also in 2018, scientists analyzed the remnants of Ötzi's last meal in his stomach, concluding that he ate a hearty mountaineer’s high-fat diet of red deer, wild goat, and whole-grain einkorn ...

Ötzi is the world’s oldest glacier mummy. He was found thawing out of an ice patch in central Europe’s Ötztal Alps in 1991, and was dated to between 3350 BCE and 3120 BCE. Since then, the ...

A new study of the mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman questions the prevailing story of his death in the high Alps more than 5,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Ötzi, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in 1991. Photo: Andrea Solero/AFP (Getty Images) In 1991, a pair of climbers encountered a human body sticking out of the ice high in the Italian alps ...

Ötzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old body was found by hikers in the Tyrolean Alps, has 61 tattoos. Scientists now think they understand the technique behind them.

Ötzi the Iceman didn’t have a full tattoo sleeve, but he may have been well on his way before meeting his death in the Italian Alps over 5,000 years ago. It’s those 61 tattoos—or tattoo ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...