Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

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

Since his discovery in 1991, Ötzi, the famous mummified Iceman found frozen in the Ötztal Alps, has been offering all sorts ...

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

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.

Here are some of Ötzi's clothes on display at the Museum of Archaeology, Bolzano. From top left: a shoe with grass interior (left) and leather exterior (right), the leather coat (reassembled by ...

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 ...

New DNA research on Ötzi the Iceman’s neighbors uncovers 2,000 years of genetic stability in the Alps, contrasting the widespread migrations.

Today, Ötzi is carefully tended to by researchers at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy, where his wizened body is kept in a custom cold chamber maintained at a constant ...

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. The ...

Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...