Couple Discovers a Mysterious, 5,300-Year-Old Iceman While Hiking in the Alps

Bronze Age Ink

5300 year old iceman
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Because of the high level of preservation Otzi’s skin had experienced, scientists also discovered 61 tattoos over his entire body. But this ink was created by rubbing charcoal into cut lines and crosses, mostly on the iceman’s joints.

 

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