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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 .
More than three decades after Ötzi’s accidental discovery in the Alps, scientists are still learning new things about the murdered iceman.
The body is held in a climate-controlled chamber within the museum at a temperature of -6 °Celsius and 98% humidity, replicating glacier conditions in which it was found. Along with original finds, models, reconstructions, and multimedia presentations show Ötzi in the context of the early history of the southern Alpine region.
Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter.
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Oeggl K. (2009): The significance of the Tyrolean Iceman for the Archaeobotany of Central Europe. Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, 18: 1 - 11. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0186-2; Heiss A. & Oeggl K. (2009): The plant remains from the Iceman´s find spot – new results on the glacier mummy´s environment. Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, 18: ...
Now known as Ötzi, the famously well-preserved mummy has given researchers a remarkable look into the life of a Stone Age person. In 1991, a pair of climbers encountered a human body sticking out ...
Most famous example is a well-preserved natural mummy of a man who lived around 3,300 BCE with the nickname Ötzi; he is also called the Iceman, the Similaun Man, the Man from Hauslabjoch, the Tyrolean Iceman, Homo tyrolensis, and the Hauslabjoch mummy. Ötzi was found in 1991 in the nearby Schnalstal glacier near the Fineilspitze and the ...