The artists Alfons and Adrie Kennis have developed a masterly model of Ötzi the 5000 years old iceman who was believed to have blue eyes but in fact has brown eyes as rightly depicted in this reconstruction. The depiction is impressive in defying previous illustrations of him such as the image below, which is more romanticized and less scientific than the artist's work. At the same time these images can be attributed to an artistic and aesthetic triumph as Angelika Fleckinger a museum director points out "The aim of the exhibition is to present a more rounded picture of Ötzi beyond the purely scientific aspect,"
These latest renditions are beacons of the exciting advances that technology has entwined with our thirst for uncovering the truths of our past. Snapshots of their DNA can reveal such deluges of information the size of the river Nile!
Whats makes Ötzi so special? Well Ötzi the Iceman is the modern nickname of a preserved human man from about 3300 BC.It was in 1991 that his preserved body was found in a glacier in the Alps. The next oldest human is the mummified lads from Egypt called the Gebelein predynastic mummies, who are thought to be from around 3400 BC, ie the Late Predynastic period of Egypt. Hollywood created an of these mummifies similar to the mortal gymnastics of zombies; they just wont die!
For those who are curious cats, google "curse of Ötzi" and you will find an iteration of people that died soon after from car crashes to freak accidents through their involvement with Ötzi.
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