![Artist Gary Staab and Dr. Albert Zink inspect a replica of Otzi the Iceman mummy for this NOVA special.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/c90f49e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x500+0+0/resize/1440x1029!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_Gary_Staab_DrZink_6.jpg)
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
![Artist Gary Staab and Dr. Albert Zink inspect a replica of Otzi the Iceman mummy for this NOVA special.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/c90f49e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x500+0+0/resize/1440x1029!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_Gary_Staab_DrZink_6.jpg)
Artist Gary Staab and Dr. Albert Zink inspect a replica of Otzi the Iceman mummy for this NOVA special.
(Courtesy of Bonnie Brennan / WGBH)
![Gary Staab and studio assistants Jeff Compton and Meg Schwend, begin paint process and add dark stain to resin print of Otzi.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/5bc1f18/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x394+0+0/resize/1440x811!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_Team_Painting_5.jpg)
Gary Staab and studio assistants Jeff Compton and Meg Schwend, begin paint process and add dark stain to resin print of Otzi.
(Courtesy of Bonnie Brennan / WGBH)
![Gary Staab in the freezer with Otzi, taking reference photos.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/48b7893/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x394+0+0/resize/1440x811!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_Photo_Data_Otzi_3.jpg)
Gary Staab in the freezer with Otzi, taking reference photos.
(Courtesy of Robert Visty / WGBH)
![The refrigerated Iceman mummy is sprayed with water, encasing the corpse in a cocoon of ice simulating the glacial conditions that have preserved him for 5300 years.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/0718c8e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/620x400+0+0/resize/1440x929!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_humidification_Lead.jpg)
The refrigerated Iceman mummy is sprayed with water, encasing the corpse in a cocoon of ice simulating the glacial conditions that have preserved him for 5300 years.
(Courtesy of South Tyrol Museum of Archeology)
![Largest 3D printing machine in the world makes full one piece body in resin of Otzi the Iceman.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/5f162a2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x394+0+0/resize/1440x811!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_3D_Resin_Print_4.jpg)
Largest 3D printing machine in the world makes full one piece body in resin of Otzi the Iceman.
(Courtesy of Robert Visty / WGBH)
![Artist Gary Staab begins the process of replicating Otzi the Iceman mummy.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/12658be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x500+0+0/resize/1440x1029!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_Artist_Gary_Staab_1.jpg)
Artist Gary Staab begins the process of replicating Otzi the Iceman mummy.
(Courtesy of Bonnie Brennan / WGBH)
![The face of the 5300-year-old Iceman mummy.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/af5c529/2147483647/strip/true/crop/700x575+0+0/resize/1440x1183!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2016%2F02%2F15%2FNOVA_Iceman_Face_2.jpg)
The face of the 5300-year-old Iceman mummy.
(Courtesy of South Tyrol Museum of Archeology)
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