Ötzi the Iceman — The Extraordinary Discovery of 5,000-Year-Old Mummy

Ötzi the Iceman's facial reconstruction

A facial reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman.

Ötzi the Iceman is the well-preserved, 5,300-year-old mummy that caused an international sensation when it was dug out of a glacier high in the Italian Alps in 1991.

Since that time, the naturally mummified individual — whom the press named Ötzi because he was found in the mountains above the Ötztal Valley — has continued to attract intense public interest and professional scrutiny as the man’s mummified remains, the clothes he wore and the implements he carried have been studied over the past few decades.

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