Quite often because of the @NatGeo you get to see and do things that are a once in a lifetime experience. I was in the room when the autopsy fot the Ice Man was preformed. After a few years of research this is what the procedure revealed.
Microbes extracted from the insides of a 5,300-year-old mummy have shown he was suffering from a stomach bug before he died, scientists have discovered.
Oetzi the Iceman, the name given to the frozen body discovered in the Alps in 1991, had a bacterial infection that is common today, researchers said.
He had been killed 5,300 years earlier after being struck by an arrow.
The research is published in the journal Science.
This new study suggests he was suffering from an infection that can cause stomach ulcers and gastritis.
A genetic analysis of the bacteria was carried out, helping to trace the history of the microbe, which is closely linked to the history of human migration
The frozen corpse of Oetzi has allowed scientists to look back at his life in unprecedented detail.
He was found with an arrow in his left shoulder, and most likely died of blood loss. However he also suffered other medical problems, including heel fractures, arthritis and possibly Lyme disease.was covered in tattoos and had recently eaten ibex.
Scientists have now discovered the Helicobacter pylori bacteria.
Prof Albert Zink, head of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, at the European Academy in Bolzano (EURAC), said: "One of the first challenges was to obtain samples from the stomach without doing any damage to the mummy.
"Therefore we had to completely defrost the mummy, and we finally could get access by an opening - by an incision that was already done by a previous study.
"We were able to obtain samples from the stomach content, from some of the intestinal content, and also from the parts of the stomach wall." The bacteria are found in about half of the population today, and in about 10% of cases can lead to inflammation of the stomach lining and ulcers.
The researchers do not know what clinical symptoms Oetzi displayed, but there was evidence that the bacteria reacted with the Iceman's immune system.
Sequencing the genome of