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Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname "Ötzi", German: [œtsi]) at the Austria–Italy border.
Sep 17, 2024 · Ice Man. Ötzi, an ancient mummified human body that was found by a German tourist, Helmut Simon, on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, on September 19, 1991.
Sep 30, 2024 · Ötzi was a Stone Age man who was murdered and preserved in the ice for 5300 years. He was discovered in 1991 in the Ötztal Valley Alps and is exhibited in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy.
Nov 10, 2022 · A new paper challenges the prevailing theory that Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old corpse found in the Alps, was preserved by a lucky accident. It suggests that he was exposed to the elements for long periods and died elsewhere than where he was discovered.
Aug 16, 2023 · Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps the world’s most closely studied corpse. The mystery over his violent death,...
Sep 15, 2021 · Learn about the life and death of Europe's most famous mummy, who lived and died in the Alps 5,000 years ago. Explore his DNA, tattoos, belongings, last meal, and more in this comprehensive article.
Dec 14, 2021 · Ötzi the Iceman is the well-preserved, 5,300-year-old mummy that caused an international sensation when it was dug out of a glacier high in the Italian Alps in 1991.
