Compared to other ancient human remnants, Oetzi is notable for his venerable age, excellent state of preservation and also the tools and items of clothing found nearby. The mummy is the centerpiece of the permanent local history exhibition at the
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano/Bozen. Temporary exhibitions illustrate the latest research results being carried out on the Iceman.
10 important facts about Ötzi
1. The mummy was dubbed Ötzi by the Austrian journalist Karl Wendl, who was looking for a catchy name. The name
refers to the discovery site in the Ötztal Valley Alps.
2. He is therefore
older than the Egyptian pyramids und Stonehenge and the result of a series of highly improbable coincidences.
3. Ötzi lived during the
Copper Age, a period of the late Neolithic. He was still using stone tools but owned an innovative and very valuable copper axe.
4. Ötzi is a
wet mummy that was mummified naturally in the glacier ice.
5. The mummy is stored in a
specially devised cold cell and can be viewed through a small window.
6. The mummy weighs approximately
13 kg and is 1.54 m long.
7. Ötzi is one of the
best researched individuals in the world.
8.
61 tattoos were found on Ötzi’s body, all in the form of lines or crosses.
9. At first it was thought that Ötzi had died in an
accident in the mountains.
10. There can be
no doubt that Ötzi was murdered.
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