The Iceman
["Ötzi"]

 

"Feb. 25, 2011 -- Brown-eyed, bearded, furrow faced, and tired: this is how Ötzi the Iceman might have looked, according to the latest reconstruction based on 20 years of research and investigations." -- DiscoveryNews (25 February 2011)

In the News . . .

• Iceman Reborn -- NOVA, PBS (12 September 2018)
  
  
• Iceman's last meal was high-fat, high-calorie feast -- BBCNews (13 July 2018)
  
  
• Who killed Oetzi the Iceman? Italy reopens coldest of cases -- BBCNews (04 June 2017)
  
  
• Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case -- The New York Times (26 March 2017)
  
  
• Here's What the Iceman Was Wearing When He Died 5,300 Years Ago -- National Geographic News (18 August 2016)
  
  
• Ötzi the Iceman Had Some Wild Clothes -- Science (18 August 2016)
  
  
• It becometh the iceman: clothing study reveals stylish secrets of leather-loving ancient -- Guardian (18 August 2016)
  
  
• This 5,000-Year-Old Had Tats! And Now Has a TV Show -- Washington Post (01 February 2016)
  
  
• Ötzi’s maternal genetic line originated in the Alps and is now extinct -- Past Horizons (14 January 2016)
  
  
• Oetzi Has No Living Female Relatives -- Discovery News (14 January 2016)
  
  
• Stomach Of Ancient Iceman Held Microbes Like Ours -- NPR (08 January 2016)
  
  
• Oetzi the Iceman had a stomach bug, researchers say -- BBC News (08 January 2016)
  
  
• Iceman Ötzi's stomach bacteria 'rewrite the textbooks' – video -- Guardian (08 January 2016)
  
  
• Ötzi the Iceman's 5,000-year-old stomach bug sheds light on human migration -- Guardian (07 January 2016)
  
  
• Iceman’s Gut Holds Clues to Humans’ Spread into Europe -- National Geographic News (07 January 2016)
  
  
• The Iceman Had a Tummy Bug -- Science (07 January 2016)
  
  
• Oetzi the Iceman Has World's Oldest Tattoos -- Discovery News (22 December 2015)
  
  
• Melting Mummies Are on Thin Ice, Thanks to Climate Change -- Scientific American (28 July 2015)
  
  
• New Study of Iceman Reveals Oldest Known Example of Red Blood Cells -- Phys.org (08 May 2015)
  
  
• World's Oldest Blood Found in Famed "Iceman" Mummy -- National Geographic News (01 May 2015)
  
  
• More tattoos discovered on Oetzi -- Past Horizons (27 January 2015)
  
  
• The 61 Tattoos of Ötzi, the 5,300-Year-Old “Iceman” -- Smithsonian (27 Januyary 2015)
  
  
• Otzi 'The Iceman' Had Heart Disease Genes -- LiveScience (30 July 2014)
  
  
• Ötzi's Non-Human DNA: Opportunistic Pathogen Discovered in Iceman Tissue Biopsy -- Science Daily (15 July 2014)
  
  
• Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Presence of Treponema denticola in a Tissue Biopsy of the Iceman -- PLoS ONE (2014-06-18)
  
  
• Positioning the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Hunted by the Tyrolean Iceman into a Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny -- PLoS ONE (02 July 2014)
  
  
• Ötzi’s Flint: A One-Sided Relationship -- Past Horizons (02 February 2014)
  
  
• Link to Oetzi the Iceman Found in Living Austrians -- BBCNews (10 October 2013)
  
  
• The Iceman Suffered Brain Damage Before Death -- Discovery News (10 June 2013)
  
  
• Mummy Melodrama: Top 9 Secrets About Otzi the Iceman -- LiveScience (08 November 2012)
  
  
• Iceman Mummy Finds His Closest Relatives -- Discovery News (09 November 2012)
  
  
• Blood cells recovered from Ötzi’s 5300 year old wounds -- Past Horizons (04 May 2012)
  
  
• Iceman Lived a While After Arrow Wound -- Discovery News (02 May 2012)
  
  
• Oetzi the Iceman's blood is world's oldest -- BBCNews (02 May 2012)
  
  
• Ötzi the 5,300 Old Ice Man Has Oldest Blood Cells in the World -- Telegraph (02 May 2012)
  
  
• Iceman Was a Medical Mess -- Science (29 February 2012)
  
  
• Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights [Iceman had brown eyes] -- BBCNews (28 February 2012)
  • "Oetzi's full genome has now been reported in Nature Communications."

    "It reveals that he had brown eyes, "O" blood type, was lactose intolerant, and was predisposed to heart disease."

    
    
• Iceman May Hold Earliest Evidence of Lyme Disease -- Discovery News (28 February 2012)
  
  
• New insights into the Tyrolean Iceman's origin and phenotype as inferred by whole-genome sequencing -- Nature Communications (3, Article number: 698 doi:10.1038/ncomms1701, 28 February 2012 )
  
  
• Ötzi the Iceman's Stomach Throws Up a Surprise -- NewScientist (12 December 2011)
  
  
• Ice Mummy May Have Smashed Eye in Fall -- DiscoveryNews (21 November 2011)
  
  
• A Rest, a Meal, Then Death for 5,000-Year-Old Glacier Mummy: Scientists Consolidate Results of Research Into Ötzi’s State of Health and His Death -- -- ScienceDaily (25 October 2011)
  
  
• The Iceman's Last Meal: Goat -- Science News (22 August 2011)
  
  
• Iceman's 'Girlfriend' Found -- DiscoveryNews (20 July 2011)
  
  
• Iceman's Stomach Sampled—Filled With Goat Meat -- National Geographic News (23 June 2011)
  
  
• The Iceman's Last Meal -- Science (20 June 2011)
  
  
• Iceman Had Bad Teeth -- Discovery News (15 June 2011)
  
  
• Model gives ancient Iceman Oetzi new face -- BBC News (228 February 2011
  
  
• Pictures: Otzi the Iceman's New, Older Face Unveiled -- National Geographic New (25 February 2011)
  
  
• The Iceman Mummy: Finally Face to Face -- Discovery News (25 February 2011)

• Oetzi the Iceman May Have Been Buried, Says Team -- BBC News (25 August 2010)
• Scientists decode 5,200-year-old Iceman's genes -- MSNBC (05 August 2010
• Ötzi’s Secrets About to Be Revealed -- ScienceDaily (27 July 2010)
• World's Oldest Tattoos Were Made of Soot -- New Scientist (15 July 2009)

Tattoo lines on the arm of the Tyrolean iceman, Ötzi.
(Image: © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology / Eurac / Marco Samadelli / Gregor Staschitz)

• Ötzi Finders Hit Pay Dirt, and Scientists Fret -- Science (24 June 2009)

• Ötzi the Iceman: Up Close and Personal - New Scientist (2009-05-21)
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• 'Iceman' Oetzi Attacked Twice, Suggests Study - Discovery News (2009-01-28)
  • Ötzi’s Last Days: Glacier Man May Have Been Attacked Twice - Science Daily (2009-01-28)
  • The First Aid: Iceman May Have Dressed His Own Wounds - Wired News (2008-12-01)
• Iceman Mummy Had Moss in His Tummy - LiveScience (2008-12-01)
• Wounded Iceman Made Epic Final Journey, Moss Shows - National Geographic News (2008-12-04)

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• Alpine melt reveals ancient life -- (24 August 2008) -- BBCNews
  
  
• Ancient African Dust Caused Red Soil in Southern Europe, New Research Reveals -- ScienceDaily (11 September 2010)
  
  
• Blood clues to iceman's death (12 August 2003) -- BBCNews
  
  
• Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean “Iceman” -- Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte M. Holt, Vladimir Sládek, Margit Berner, William A. Murphy, Jr., Dieter zur Nedden, Horst Seidler andWolfgang Recheis, ScienceDirect (20 March 2006)
  
  
• Death renews iceman 'curse' claim (5 November 2005) -- BBCNews
  
  
• Examine the Iceman -- National Geographic
  
  
• The Iceman's Last Meal -- Brenda Fowler, NOVA
  
  
• Ice Mummies -- NOVA
  
  
  • Reading the Remains
    
    
• Last Hours of the Iceman (September 2007) -- Stephen S. Hall, National Geographic
  
  
• Oetzi Iceman's Tattoos Came from Fireplace -- Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News (17 July 2009)
  
  
• Ötzi the Iceman -- Ellie Crystal
  
  
• Otzi, the 5,300 Year Old Iceman from the Alps: Pictures & Information -- James Neill
  
  
• Ötzi: The Man in the Ice one of Discovering Archaeology's top ten discoveries of the 20^th century
  
  
• Ötzi, the Austrian Iceman -- Arctic/Northern Culture
  
  
• Ötzi – the Iceman Museum -- South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
  
  
• Ötzi's Final Moments, Italy, Eti Bonn-Muller, Archaeology, Vol. 61, No. 1, January/February 2008
  
  
• Ötzi’s Last Days: Glacier Man May Have Been Attacked Twice -- ScienceDaily (04 February 2009)

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• Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age -- Discovery.com
  
  
  • The Iceman's Body
  • Stomach Contents
  • Tattoos
  • Clothing
  • Hat
  • Shoes
  • Copper Ax
  • Bow and Arrow
  • Fire
  • Food
  • Medicine
  • Dagger
    
    
• "The Life of Ötzi the Iceman" -- NPR update, (31 September 2003)
  
  
• Secrets of the Mummy -- The Why Files: Science Behind the News, University of Wisconsin
  
  
• Springer Science+Business Media. "Iceman Oetzi's Last Supper." -- ScienceDaily 2 December 2008. 5 December 2008 <http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2008/12/081201101700.htm>