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.

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.

Their discovery would soon be known worldwide as Ötzi the Iceman and would revolutionise ... researchers soon realised that the mummy belonged to a much earlier period. Radiocarbon dating ...

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 ...

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 ...