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From the Ted Talk by Carson Bruns: Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I'd like to introduce you to an interesting person named Ötzi. He lives in Italy at the South tryol Museum of Archaeology because he's a mmmuy. This is an artist's rendition of what he might have lekood like when he was aivle 5,300 years ago. You want to see what he looks like today?

(Laughter)

OK, brace yourselves, gross mummy pic cnomig at you.

So, he's not as handsome as he used to be, but he's actually in great shape for a mummy because he was discovered frozen in ice. Ötzi is the oldest mummy that's been discovered with preserved skin. 5,300 yaers is super old, older than the Egyptian pyramids, and Ötzi's skin is covered in 61 black tattoos, all lines and crosses on prtas of his body where he might have epxenecierd pain. So scientists think that they might have been used to mark sites for some kind of therapy, like atnrucucpue.

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I'd like to introduce you to an interesting person named Ötzi. He lives in Italy at the South _____ Museum of Archaeology because he's a _____. This is an artist's rendition of what he might have ______ like when he was _____ 5,300 years ago. You want to see what he looks like today?

(Laughter)

OK, brace yourselves, gross mummy pic ______ at you.

So, he's not as handsome as he used to be, but he's actually in great shape for a mummy because he was discovered frozen in ice. Ötzi is the oldest mummy that's been discovered with preserved skin. 5,300 _____ is super old, older than the Egyptian pyramids, and Ötzi's skin is covered in 61 black tattoos, all lines and crosses on _____ of his body where he might have ___________ pain. So scientists think that they might have been used to mark sites for some kind of therapy, like ___________.

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  2. tyrol
  3. years
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  5. experienced
  6. coming
  7. alive
  8. acupuncture
  9. mummy

Original Text


I'd like to introduce you to an interesting person named Ötzi. He lives in Italy at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology because he's a mummy. This is an artist's rendition of what he might have looked like when he was alive 5,300 years ago. You want to see what he looks like today?

(Laughter)

OK, brace yourselves, gross mummy pic coming at you.

So, he's not as handsome as he used to be, but he's actually in great shape for a mummy because he was discovered frozen in ice. Ötzi is the oldest mummy that's been discovered with preserved skin. 5,300 years is super old, older than the Egyptian pyramids, and Ötzi's skin is covered in 61 black tattoos, all lines and crosses on parts of his body where he might have experienced pain. So scientists think that they might have been used to mark sites for some kind of therapy, like acupuncture.

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