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Microbes of ancient mummy found to still be alive more than 5,000 years later

(CNN) - New research is revealing surprising new details about a 5,300-year-old mummy. Microbes inside Ötzi the iceman have ...

Dead For 5,300 Years, But Is Otzi The Iceman Still Alive Inside Europe's Oldest Mummy? Stunning Discovery Shocks World

Europe's oldest-known natural mummy revealed he is not biologically inert, but rather a 'living biological interface' ...

Alive After 5,300 Years: Shocking Living Organism Found Growing Inside Mummy

Yeast species in the mummy have even shifted over the past nine years despite freezing preservation, raising questions about ...
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Some microbes found in Ötzi, the Iceman, are still alive after 5,000 years frozen in ice

A team of researchers from Eurac Research has managed to map in detail the microbial community associated with Ötzi, the ice mummy of the Chalcolithic man found in the Italian Alps in 1991. The study ...