How Ötzi the Iceman really got his tattoos
An unusual experiment shows that the mummified man’s tattoos were poked, not sliced, into his skin
![A photo of the preserved remains of Ötzi the Iceman’s left wrist which has visible tattooed lines](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/032824_bb_iceman_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Tattooed lines on Ötzi the Iceman’s left wrist, like others on his body, were created by poking holes in the skin with a pointed, pigment-coated tool, researchers say.
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, M. Samadelli/Eurac, G. Staschitz