Stone Age acupuncture / tattoos (Ötzi the Iceman)

daiflu
  • 10 years ago
This 3,300BC Alpine mummy (Europe's oldest) has strange tattoos corresponding to the acupuncture points that would be used today in treating his corresponding ailments. Clip from Richard Rudgley's "Secrets of the Stone Age" http://www.channel4.com/programmes/secrets-of-the-stone-age/4od#2922765

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