Updated 15:16 4 Mar 2024 GMTPublished 14:46 4 Mar 2024 GMT

Tourists stumbled across dead body on mountain that turned out to be 5,300-year-old man

Tourists accidentally discovered the 'holy grail' of glacial archeology while hiking.

Gerrard Kaonga

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Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

Tourists stumbled across dead body on mountain that turned out to be 5,300-year-old man

Tourists accidentally discovered the 'holy grail' of glacial archeology while hiking.

Tourists stumbled across dead body on mountain that turned out to be 5,300-year-old man

Tourists accidentally discovered the 'holy grail' of glacial archeology while hiking.

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