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gwydpolls · 6 months
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Time Travel Question 28: Murder and
Disappearance Edition II
Given that Judge Crater, Roanoke, and the Dyatlov Pass Incident are credibly solved, though not 100% provable, I'm leaving them out in favor of things ,ore mysterious. I almost left out Amelia Earhart, but the evidence there is sketchier.
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ancientorigins · 8 months
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A latest genetic study has put forth stunning revelations of the world’s oldest Alpine celebrity, Ötzi the Iceman, uncovering surprising attributes of the famous mummy – dark skin and eyes and male pattern baldness.
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nofatclips · 7 months
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15 Stars by Ötzi from the album Storm
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vermilliongrey · 8 months
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Looting after a battle in a turn-based RPG:
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thebashfulbotanist · 1 year
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I mentioned birch polypore, Fomitopsis betulinus, in a different post the other day, and I thought this species deserves a post of its own because it’s a very interesting species particularly from an ethnomycological perspective. I don’t see this species often, but I’ve noticed it more frequently in the last couple years. I think this is because birch trees locally have been very stressed and experiencing dieback lately on account of climate-change related heatwaves and subsequent bronze birch borer infestation. Birch polypore attacks weakened trees and kills them within a few years, meaning the trees in these photos are doomed. 
It’s also a very pretty fungus, in my opinion, with a soft, suede-like upper with fawn dappling and a creamy spore surface. Someone other than me pulled these ones off a tree! I’m really not sure why, because this species doesn’t have any current ethnomycological uses, so maybe they were just curious and wanted to look at it. 
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This species was one of the fungi carried by “Ötzi the Iceman,” a Chalcolithic man murdered in the Ötztal Alps around 3230 BCE, whose body was found in 1991. 
Ötzi carried a bit of birch polypore on a strap, and researchers think he likely used it to combat a whipworm infection from which he was suffering. Birch polypore used to be used as a dewormer; it is a laxative itself, but would often be combined with even stronger laxative materials. He also was carrying some Fomes fomentarius, tinder fungus, which was, as its common name suggests, usually used as tinder. 
In more recent times, dried birch polypore was used to sharpen knives, giving it its other common name, razor strop fungus. Some folks still use it for this purpose today, and as tinder just like Fomes fomentarius, but right now that’s more of a novelty practice you’ll find in bushcrafting classes than anything else.
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noneedtofearorhope · 2 months
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The Iceman’s new genome also reveals he had male-pattern baldness and much darker skin than artistic representations suggest. Genes conferring light skin tones didn’t become prevalent until 4,000 to 3,000 years ago when early farmers started eating plant-based diets and didn’t get as much vitamin D from fish and meat as hunter-gathers did, Krause says. As Ötzi and other ancient people’s DNA illustrate, the skin color genetic changes took thousands of years to become commonplace in Europe. “People that lived in Europe between 40,000 years ago and 8,000 years ago were as dark as people in Africa, which makes a lot of sense because [Africa is] where humans came from,” he says. “We have always imagined that [Europeans] became light-skinned much faster. But now it seems that this happened actually quite late in human history.”
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starlene · 8 months
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With my last reblog in mind, I think now is the time to share this silly Ötzi pin-up I once doodled.
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nugothrhythms · 2 years
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For all of June, in honor of Pride Month 2022, Artoffact Records is offering all of their pre-2022 releases for Name-Your-Price, so you can get them for free if you want. Artoffact Records has released many modern goth acts, such as Actors, Ötzi, Bootblacks, and Kælan Mikla, to name a few.
Artoffact Records’ Bandcamp
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ruttotohtori · 8 months
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Uudet tiedot kertovat, että 92 prosenttia Ötzin perimästä on Anatolian maanviljelyskansoilta – siis nykyisen Turkin alueelta. Aiemmin Ötzin oli oletettu polveutuvan vahvimmin Euroopan metsästäjä-keräilijäkansoista, joiden perimä on maantieteellisesti lähtöisin pääosin Euraasian aroilta.
Tämä viittaa siihen, että Ötzin esi-isät saattoivat vaeltaa Alpeille suoraan Anatoliasta ja pitäytyä sen jälkeen melko visusti omiensa kesken vuorijonojen suojassa.
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eucanthos · 6 days
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Ötzi the Iceman
Ötzi, an ancient mummified human body [man aged 25 to 35, about 1.6 m (5 feet 2 inches) tall and about 50 kg], found preserved by the Similaun Glacier, the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, on September 19, 1991.
The world's oldest tattoos [recorded]. The graphic shows the general location of each of the 61 tattoos on the Iceman’s body. (Photograph: South Tyrol Museum of Archeology/EURAC/Samadelli/Staschitz
Aaron Deter-Wolf (prehistoric archaeologist) suggests that a single-point puncture tool, tipped with carbon pigment, might have been the method behind Otzi's tattoos.
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/new-insight-emerges-on-otzi-the-icemans-ancient-tattoos
https://www.si.edu/stories/ancient-ink-iceman-otzi-has-worlds-oldest-tattoos
https://www.iceman.it/en/the-iceman/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Otzi
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lesbianjudasiscariot · 3 months
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gwydpolls · 6 months
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Time Travel Question 26: Ancient History XIV and Earlier
These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration.
This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct grouping.
Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration. All cultures and time periods welcome.
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ancientorigins · 2 months
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In our modern era, the reliance on synthetic medications has become commonplace, but the roots of healing stretch far back into history. By exploring the art of ancient healing, we find a world where health and wellness were approached in a holistic manner with reverence and wisdom.
From the medicinal herbs of ancient Egypt to the acupuncture points of Ötzi the Iceman, the healing techniques utilized by our ancestors to promote holistic well-being included massage, herbal remedies and spiritual healing rituals
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nofatclips · 5 months
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Ballad of Oiwa by Ötzi from the free Artoffact Records 2019 sampler
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ghostnamedmem · 3 months
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movietonight · 8 months
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Turns out Ötzi was bald and black
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