Image: Marco Samadeli.
Posted on 01/29/2015 7:56:36 AM PST by BenLurkin
By using an innovative non-invasive photographic technique, European researchers have managed to locate and map the extensive set of tattoos on the exquisitely preserved remains of Ötzi the Iceman. Remarkably, they even found a previously unknown tattoo on his ribcage.
Ötzi's frozen remains were discovered by two German tourists in the Ötzal Alps on the border between Austria and Italy in 1991. He lived around 3,300 BCE and represents Europe's oldest natural human mummy. Because he was so well preserved in ice, he has provided anthropologists with a slew of information about Copper Age (or Chalcolithic) humans.
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It's worth noting that Ötzi's tattoos were not applied by needles, but by making incisions into which charcoal was rubbed.
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prison tats? any raindrop tattoos beside his eyes?
His descendants are alive and numerous.
Amazing.
Amazing.
ping
Did they find his weed and bong also?
WIsh I couild photoshop.
I put some suitable “liberal” poster in his hands. Something critical of America.
Got took by the dudes who offed him.
Locations suggest a belief in medicinal properties.
Personally, I hate tatoos. They seem to be an ugly bruise to me, no matter what they are. A dead skin zone. The idea that a man from ancient times shows how unintelligent a behavior they are to me. Not trying to offend but that is how I feel.
But what struck me is the ones on the lower back had to be applied by someone else. What that means I don’t know exactly but I think it might indicate it’s a known and shared practice of the tribe.
You put your left hand in...
You put your left hand out...
I've read - and had it confirmed while awaiting a minor surgery - that many anesthesiologists won't perform an epidural through a tramp stamp.
I just had a thought ... any accupuncture oficianado’s in here ??
Now I can sleep at night.
Each of us has his/her own calling in this lifetime. This one is not mine.
Nowadays, having 61 tattoos will get you a show on Discovery channel.
Rock on Ötzi.
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