A paleogenetic study conducted on the skeletal remains of 94 individuals found at 11 archaeological sites in South Tyrol and dating from the period between the 5th and 12th centuries AD suggests that people moved around and admixed with other European groups, albeit with some interesting differences. Diet was also varied to arrive at these conclusions, the research team analyzed complete mitochondrial DNA transmitted through the maternal line as well as isotopes that provided information on diet and mobility. 

Bioarchaeology indicates exchanges with other populations and a varied diet 

South Tyrol in the Early Middle Ages

Cosa ci faceva nel 4.500 a.C. una marmotta sul versante orientale del Lyskamm, nel massiccio del Monte Rosa, a oltre 4.000 metri di quota? Oggi siamo abituati ad avvistare marmotte a quote molto inferiori, ma migliaia di anni fa la distribuzione delle specie viventi poteva essere diversa da come è oggi.

Una marmotta mummificata del Neolitico è approdata nei nostri laboratori 

6.600 anni portati bene

For more than a year, a team of anthropology, Egyptology, diagnostics, restoration and conservation experts have been working closely together to return two unique Egyptian mummies, witnesses to a history thousands of years old to the public and the scientific community. A new exhibition now showcases these unique findings -the mummy with the painted shroud and the mummy of a child with three tunics.

The photographic history of their recovery, study and conservation treatment

Unwrapping the stories of two Egyptian mummies

30 years after his discovery, many secrets about the Iceman have been solved, but thanks to new medical and molecular biological technologies, Ötzi and other mummified remains may soon help us better understand pathogens and their evolution. 

Ötzi & Co.

Eurac Research ha partecipato al recupero e ha condotto le analisi antropologiche e paleopatologiche

A Bologna restauro aperto al pubblico di una mummia egiziana

Bioarcheological studies of mummified pre-Columbian remains from Bolivia. Understanding and preserving an important cultural heritage in the National Museum of Archaeology – MUNARQ in La Paz

Life and death in ancient Egypt – Computed tomographic and paleogenetic examinations for the reconstruction of living conditions, diseases and the ancestry of Egyptian mummies

"Celts" up & down the Alps: Origin and Mobility patterns on both sides of the Alps
during the Late Iron Age (4th -1st century BC)

Genomic diversity of prehistoric individuals from the Iceman’s territory in the Eastern Italian Alps

Bologna Mummy Project

Development and centralization of the laboratory infrastructures of the Institute for Mummy Studies at the technology NOI TechPark

Inferring ancient human kinship structure and microbial evolution using paleogenetics

An interdisciplinary approach to study the history of Early Medieval populations in Trentino-Alto Adige

ME Torino Mummy Study and Conservation Project

National Museum of Lebanon, Beirut Mummy Study Project

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South Tyrol in the Early Middle Ages

Unwrapping the stories of two Egyptian mummies

A Bologna restauro aperto al pubblico di una mummia egiziana

6.600 anni portati bene

Ötzi & Co.

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MUMBO

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PopGenCT Ancient Egypt

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CeltUDAlps

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BioArchEM

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ME Torino Mummy Project

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South Tyrol in the Early Middle Ages

Unwrapping the stories of two Egyptian mummies

A Bologna restauro aperto al pubblico di una mummia egiziana

6.600 anni portati bene

Ötzi & Co.