3D printing Ötzi the Iceman

Researchers have created 3D printed models of Ötzi the Iceman using CT scans of the 5,000-year-old mummy.

Pre-existing CT scans were used to make the resin replica which was then sculpted and hand-painted by US artist Gary Staab over many months, the South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, where Oetzi is housed, said.

“The reconstruction of the hands was a challenge, since they could not be captured on CT scans,” the museum in Bolzano, northern Italy said.

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Story: The Local | Photo: Staab Studios

Via: A Blog About History - History News