Ötzi the Iceman ( pronounced ˈœtsi ' ), Frozen Fritz , and Similaun Man are modern nicknames of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC (53 centuries ago), found in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps , near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy . The nickname comes from Ötztal , the region in which he was discovered. He is Europe's oldest natural human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented...

The Pazyryk ( Russian : Пазарык ) is the name of an ancient nomadic people who lived in the Altai Mountains lying in Siberian Russia south of the modern city of Novosibirsk , near the borders of China , Kazakhstan and Mongolia . In this part of the Ukok Plateau , many ancient Bronze Age barrow -like tomb mounds of larch logs covered over by large cairns of boulders and stones have been found. These spectacular burials of the Pazyryk culture...

The history of tattooing in Africa dates back thousands of years. Until the recent discovery of Otzi the Iceman, the oldest known tattoos belonged to the mummy of Amunet, a priestess of the goddess Hathor somewhere between 2160 BC -1994 BC. With her simple parallel lines on her arms, legs, and an elliptical pattern below her navel, Amunet was the oldest glimpse we know had into tattooing in Africa, and the world. The designs found on her...