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3D printer recreates Oetzi

Thursday 21 April 2016
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An article on phys.org - Replica of 5,000-year-old 'Iceman' made on 3D printer - reports on scientists presenting a life-sized copy, made using a 3D printer, of Oetzi the mummified 5,000-year-old 'iceman' found in the Alps 25 years ago, now housed in the South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, Bolzano, Italy.

Dutch artist Adrie Kennis (L) and Alfons Kennis, the two artists who made the reconstruction of a mummy of an iceman named Otzi, discovered on 1991 displayed at the Archaeological Museum on February 28, 2011

Pre-existing CT scans were used to make the resin replica which was then sculpted and hand-painted by US artist Gary Staab.

Three replicas were made, one of which will be part of a travelling exhibition that will tour North America, starting in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh in October 2017. The second and the third replicas will be used for teaching purposes at the Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center in New York (DNALC).

Oetzi the Iceman

In what became an archaeological sensation, Oetzi's mummified remains were found high in the Oetztal Alps - hence the name - by hikers in September 1991 after being preserved in the ice since the Stone Age.

Clothing and equipment including an axe and a backpack found at the site, as well as the contents of Oetzi's stomach, his DNA and his 61 tattoos gave scientists highly valuable insights into human life at the time.

 
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He died a violent death, killed by an arrow, around the age of 45. He was 1.6 metres (five foot, three inches) tall, weighed 50 kilos (110 pounds), had brown eyes and was lactose intolerant.

Editor's Note: Not only is a 3D printer being used to recreate Oetzi, researchers are also working to recreate the voice of the 5,300-year-old mummy, using software developed at the National Research Council's Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC):

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/news/archaeology.php?id=The-voice-of-Otzi-the-Iceman

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