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 

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And though this question will remain unanswered, mummy researcher Albert Zink has already elicited many other secrets from the Iceman. Considering that the melting glaciers will probably uncover even more finds in the future, the idea of preparing for excavations at icy heights in the terraXcube is a promising one for him: the extreme climate simulator can reproduce any climatic condition in the world. It’s director Christian Steurer thinks this is realistic: mountain rescuers are already training in the terraXcube so they are able to operate in extreme weather. 

Conversations between disciplines: interview with mummy researcher Albert Zink and telecommunications engineer Christian Steurer.

"Maybe Ötzi was a mean guy?"

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.

A tre decenni dal suo ritrovamento, molti segreti sull’Uomo venuto dal ghiaccio sono stati risolti: ora sappiamo come e dove visse, come morì, quale fu il suo ultimo pasto, quali malattie e quali parassiti lo tormentavano. Ma gli stimoli per ricerche da condurre nei prossimi anni non mancano. 

30 anni dal ritrovamento: bilanci e prospettive

Ötzi terrà impegnato ancora a lungo il mondo della ricerca

Discovered in Val Aurina and now in the laboratory of Eurac Research's mummy experts, the remains will be studied in order to improve the conservation techniques of mummies around the world.

 A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a model for research on ice mummies

We talk about beauty and inspiration with Christian Greco, director of the oldest museum in the world dedicated entirely to Egyptian civilization, invited to Bolzano for a conference. 


Interview with Christian Greco, director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin

Ancient Egypt, high fashion and a bunch of beauty

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

Microrganismi e umidità, se non controllati, possono portare alla totale decomposizione dei reperti antichi, intaccando un patrimonio culturale di inestimabile valore. Per questo il Museo Egizio ha affidato agli esperti di Eurac Research lo studio dello stato di conservazione di tutte le mummie esposte o conservate a Torino.

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Una marmotta mummificata del Neolitico è approdata nei nostri laboratori

"Maybe Ötzi was a mean guy?"

Conversations between disciplines: interview with mummy researcher Albert Zink and telecommunications engineer Christian Steurer.

Unwrapping the stories of two Egyptian mummies

The photographic history of their recovery, study and conservation treatment

Ötzi & Co.

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 terrà impegnato ancora a lungo il mondo della ricerca

30 anni dal ritrovamento: bilanci e prospettive

A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a model for research on ice mummies

Discovered in Val Aurina and now in the laboratory of Eurac Research's mummy experts, the remains will be studied in order to improve the conservation techniques of mummies around ...

Ancient Egypt, high fashion and a bunch of beauty

Interview with Christian Greco, director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin

The mummy rescue mission

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 ...

Le mummie del Museo Egizio stanno bene

Eurac Research ha accertato lo stato di conservazione di tutte le mummie custodite a Torino