Oetzi iceman's tattoos came from fireplace

Discovery ^ | July 17, 2009 | Jennifer Viegas

[decimon]

The 57 tattoos sported by Oetzi, the 5300-year-old Tyrolean iceman mummy, were made from fireplace soot that contained glittering, colorful precious stone crystals, according to an upcoming study in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

The determination supports prior research that the tattoos were associated with acupuncture treatments for chronic ailments suffered by the iceman, whose frozen body was found remarkably well preserved in the Similaun Glacier of the Alps in 1991.

[decimon]

Tyrol tat ping.

[John123]

were made from fireplace soot that contained glittering, colorful precious stone crystals

Nowadays they are called 'prison tats.'

[Batman11]

I heard that ACORN registered Oetzi to vote a few hundred times for Sub-Zero!

[JoeProBono]

A tattoo on the leg of the 5300-year-old Tyrolean iceman mummy, Oetzi, is shown. New research shows the tattoos were made from fireplace soot that contained glittering, colorful precious stone crystals

[decimon]

Thanks. I shoulda done the pic.

[DryFly]

That's one sexy mummy!

[JoeProBono]

[SunkenCiv]

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[Perdogg]

supposedly he died of mercury poisoning

[Eaker]

Does that work out to get a tattoo every 93 years?

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Who’s the future lampshade?

[JoeProBono]

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