The iceman is the name given to the mummified body of a was found in near a glacier near the border of italy and austria. he is the best-preserved prehistoric man ever discovered with his own equipment and clothing. most ancient human remains are found in burial chambers with carefully selected objected rather than what they use in everyday life. in europe he is called ötzi (rhymes with tootsie) after the ötzal alps where he was found. [source: stephen hall, national geographic, july 2007; bob cullem smithsonian, february 2003; david roberts, national geographic, june 1993 ]

some have called the discovery of 5,500-year-old otzi one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. he is oldest intact human ever found. with the exception of missing toenails, all but one fingernail and an outer layer of skin the iceman is otherwise perfectly reserved. his body and the tools and clothes found with him have given great insight into a people and age of which little is known in details never preciously imagined.

after otzi was discovered the world became caught up in iceman ania. he appeared on the cover of time magazine and other major publications. t-shirts and jewelry were sold with his sunken eyed beaming out. pop songs were written about him. a german astrologer announced she was writing a book about her seánces with the iceman. other women clamored to be the first to be impregnated with sperm from ötzi's testicles. mitochondrial dna was extracted from otzi's bones. a company called oxford ancestors, for a fee, will compare your dna with otzi's to see if you are related.

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