Artists Recreate the Face Otzi, a 5,300-Year-Old Iceman Mummy

FoxNews ^ | 2/25/11

[Kartographer]

In the year 3289 BC, Otzi trekked up the Schnalstal glacier in the Italian Alps. The Neolithic guy -- dubbed Otzi the Iceman, or Frozen Fritz -- wore a coat and leggings made of sheep's fur and moccasins made of cattle leather as he climbed, having just polished off his last meal: unleavened bread and meat.

Severely wounded by an arrow and possibly dispatched with a blow to the head by a cudgel, he died, his body froze and was mummified, and he lay in place for a very, very long time.

[Kartographer]

Take a good look at this face: It hasn't been seen in over five millennium.

Heike Engel-21Lux / Sdtiroler Archologiemuseum / National Geographic Deutschland

A reconstruction of Otzi the Iceman -- a remarkably well preserved 5,300-year-old mummy sometimes lovingly called "Frozen Fritz" -- recentl created by Dutch forensic experts.

[Williams]

I don’t know his name, but his face rings a bell.

[llevrok]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

I saw him at Central and Yale just this morning!

[TexasFreeper2009]

looks like a typical homeless dude I can see wondering around any downtown area in America.

[humblegunner]

That's pretty cool.

unleavened bread and meat

Tacos are timeless.

[bunkerhill7]

[reagan_fanatic]

[Dr. Ursus]

A face only a mummy could love!

[ransomnote]

IBTHTP

(In before the Helen Thomas Picture)

[al baby]

I just saw that dude pushing a shopping cart full of pop bottles and cans down harbor blvd

[Kartographer]

"I just saw that dude pushing a shopping cart full of pop bottles and cans down harbor blvd"

No it had to have been his twin brother because Tijeras_Slim just saw him this morning over on Central.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“I’m suprised they didn’t make him out to be negro.”

I was going to say something similar, but you beat me to it.

[al baby]

maybe he is on crack

[al baby]

Whats a negro?

[Sacajaweau]

I’ll bet if youy gave the structure to five different “experts”, they’d be so different, you’d discount this whole area of “expertdom”

[stormer]

Why would they?

[FormerACLUmember]

Utzi looks like DWI mug shot.

[RobRoy]

I saw that guy at a freeway offramp a couple of days ago.