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.

Since his discovery in 1991, Ötzi the Iceman has provided a trove of information about the life of Europeans at that time. His long-frozen remains have yielded information on diet, migration, disease and ancient DNA. 
Permanently housed at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, the mummy’s remains are stored in a specially devised cold cell and only viewable through a small window. Here we take a rare and up close look at Europe's oldest known natural human mummy.

Frozen but not forgotten, exceptional images of the 5,300 year-old Iceman brought to light in a new project and book

Ötzi's ink 

In the middle of the civil war, medieval mummies were found in a cave in northern Lebanon. For many years they lay unnoticed in the basement of the National Museum, but now, thanks to Bolzano conservation expert Marco Samadelli, they are among the most attractive exhibits. 

The mummy rescue mission

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

Bologna Mummy Project

Iceman Conservation Project 2.0 Study on the state of conservation and feasibility

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

ME Torino Mummy Study and Conservation Project

Rediscovering Altamura: advanced multidisciplinary investigations on the skeleton from the Lamalunga cave, Italy. The KARST project (Knowing the Altamura man thRough Science & Technology)

National Museum of Lebanon, Beirut Mummy Study Project

Complete mapping of the tattoos present on the Iceman mummy

Study and realization of an innovative oxygen free system for the preservation of mummies.

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6.600 anni portati bene

Ötzi & Co.

The mummy rescue mission

Unwrapping the stories of two Egyptian mummies

Ötzi's ink

Marco Samadelli

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MUMBO

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BOmp

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Iceman Conservation Project 2.0

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MummyLabs

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ME Torino Mummy Project

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The KARST project

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Beirut Mummy Project

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ICEMAN TATTOO PROJECT

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MUMMY PRESERVATION

MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

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Ötzi & Co.

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Unwrapping the stories of two Egyptian mummies

Ötzi's ink