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Study of 5,400 Year Old “Ice Man” Mummy Finds Acupuncture Tattoos Matching His Ailments


A 5,400-year-old mummified man found in 1991 in a melting glacier in the mountains of Northern Italy bears a complicated system of bluish-black tattoos running along his back, right knee and left ankle, in the form of simple stripes or crosses that closely match Acupuncture locations.
Although the discovery of the oldest preserved human being ever [...]