UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Italy sets up new iceman lab

|
 
Published: July 13, 2007 at 12:18 AM

ROME, July 12 (UPI) -- A new research center is being developed in Bolzano, Italy, to lead research into the famed Iceman mummy.

The 5,000-year-old prehistoric hunter was found in a glacier in the Oetz mountain valley in 1991. The mummy is housed in a Bolzano museum.

The lab will be headed by German researcher Albert Zink of Munich University, one of the world's leading experts on the mummified Neolithic man -- also known as Oetzi -- ANSA said Thursday.

Until now, most of the major research work on the project has been done outside Bolzano, the news service said.

© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Science News Stories
1 of 18
Iranians celebrate the qualification of  their soccer team  for 2014 World Cup
View Caption
Iranian women flash the victory sign during a street celebration in Tehran, Iran on June 18, 2013. The Iranian national soccer team defeated South Korea in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match in Ulsan, South Korea. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian .
fark
Last year, healthcare costs fell for the first time in forty years. THANKS OBAMA
Protip: If you have to rush out for an emergency don't leave a pot pot of grease cooking on the...
Photoshop this female's flop
James Gandolfini found de
Why Yahoo's plan to release email addresses is really, really bad
Oops. Amazon may have just accidentally revealed the location of one of the CIA's data centers