Researchers in Italy announced this week that they had discovered a strange new tattoo on the ribcage of the 5,300-year-old mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman.
The find raises to 61 the number of Ötzi’s known tattoos, and it came as a big surprise.
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A map showing Ötzi’s mummified body and the location of his tattoos.
A paper describing the newfound tattoo was published online Jan. 20, 2015 in the Journal of Cultural Heritage.
