THE ICEMAN SPEAKETH!

Publish Date
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 8:17PM

 

This year is the 25th anniversary of the discovery of ‘Otzi The Iceman’ in the Italian Alps. He is arguably the world’s most famous and oldest natural mummy - and now we have a general idea of what he sounded like.

 

Italian researchers used a CT scan to measure the vocal tract and vocal chords of the 5,300-year-old mummy, then used a software program to demonstrate what his voice sounded like when pronouncing vowels.

 

Technically, he speaks in a frequency on par with a modern male. Non-technically, he kind of sounds like a chain-smoker! Have a listen ...

 

 

 

 

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