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Otzi the Iceman
Coverage of Otzi the Iceman in the Nexus archive.
- The taste of the afterlife: Scientists make sourdough BREAD using yeast collected from Otzi the Iceman's mummified body - and say it's 'really good'
Scientists created sourdough bread using yeast collected from Otzi the Iceman's mummified body and described the result as 'really good'. The experiment involved reviving ancient yeast to produce the bread, highlighting a unique intersection of archaeology and food science.