[SunkenCiv]

Credit: ©South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Eurac/Samadelli/Staschitz

[central_va]

The tattoo written in Celtic runes translates to “I want my mummy”

[dfwgator]

There's only one "Iceman"

[kaehurowing]

My momma always said not to hang out with people with tattoos, because they get into trouble. Another example she was right.

[colorado tanker]

Otzi had a tramp stamp?

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Scan finds new tattoos on 5300-year-old Iceman"

5300 years old, and still getting new tattoos.

[BradyLS]

All the cool kids were doing it during the Bronze Age.

[JohnBrowdie]

[TigersEye]

Ötzi suffered a variety of ailments, including advanced gum disease, gallbladder stones, lyme disease, whipworms in his colon, and atherosclerosis.

In spite of all that he was still hiking at high altitude, hunting and carrying a good sized pack. I guess you did what you had to do 5,000 years ago but it seems like he was a pretty tough guy.

[lafroste]

Is that a deformed and shriveled left arm I see in the pic?