Iceman 1. Iceman‚ also known as Ötzi‚ is the preserved body of a man dating back around 3‚300 BC. Ötzi is an example of the process of natural mummification in which the cold conditions contributed to Ötzi being a well preserved specimen. The Iceman was discovered in the Ötzal Alps of Austria and Italy on 19 September 1991‚ the body was discovered by two German tourists‚ Helmut and Erika Simon‚ whom were from Nuremburg. The body was discovered at an altitude of 3‚210 metres on the eastern side
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Otzi the Iceman Who was Otzi? Otzi‚ also called Otzi the Iceman‚ is a well-preserved natural mummy of a man. He is Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy‚ and has offered an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic Europeans. Several experts have meanwhile attempted to reconstruct the Iceman’s facial features. The Dutch artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis created the most recent reconstruction‚ which will also be on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. It is based on the very latest research
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Otzi iceman In early 1991 September 19 two hikers from Germany found something strange in Italian Alps while they were having a break-they saw a human corpse. Later scholars researched it and found that it was a skull of an ancient human and they named it “Otzi Iceman”. The Iceman’s meals have served up a feast of information to scholars. His stomach contained 30 different types of pollen. Analysis of that pollen shows that Ötzi died in spring or early summer‚ and it has even enabled researchers
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Who was otzi the Iceman- Page 1 The discovery Who was otzi the Iceman- Page 1 The discovery It was that he was in his mid 40’s and his powerful leg muscles and his general fitness proposed that he may have spent his time rounding up sheep and goats up and down the Tyrolean’s Alps. Otzi had a number of tattoos that were covered all over his body. A cross was on the inner part of his left knee and had six parallel straight lines that were arranged in two rows on his back above the kidney‚ these
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Otzi the Iceman Otzi the Iceman is one of the greatest discoveries known to date. His discovery has a major significance throughout the world‚ for his age and excellent preservation‚ the equipment found with him and the contents of his stomach. Other factors which contribute to his significance are the number of different human blood samples found on his clothing and equipment. Carbon dating indicates that Iceman is over 5300 years old with nature preserving him to unprecedented levels. He was
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also known as Otzi‚ has been discovered well-preserved in the snows of the border between Austria and Italy. The most striking phenomenon of the excavated treasure is that its age prevails somewhat 3000 years. To be exact‚ Otzi has been walking on the fields and carrying his copper axe with other not less interesting artifacts around about 3‚300 BC. The mystery about the death of the ice mummy still remains unsolved‚ but there are some theories that could possibly explain how Otzi ended up dead and
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Otzi the Iceman is the best kept mummy that we have come to discover‚ and with this we know he died what is believed to be a pretty horrific death. The climate around the time of Iceman’s death could not have helped his will to survive‚ scientists believe he was buried inside of the Similaun Glacier’s ice. The death itself caused by a fatal arrow to the back did not kill the man right away‚ leaving him to suffer a painful death. Iceman‚ through all of his struggle managed to make his way to the
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and down the Tyrolean’s Alps. Otzi had a number of tattoos that were covered all over his body. A cross was on the inner part of his left knee and had six parallel straight lines that were arranged in two rows on his back above the kidney‚ these tattoos were estimated at about 6 inches long also had numerous amounts of parallel lies on his ankle .It is believed that these tattoos are a symbol of some thought of acupuncture that happened in the past 3 Otzi the Iceman also known as Similaun man was
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Otzi the Iceman Otzi the Iceman is a nickname given to a very well preserved natural mummy of a man from Europe during the European Copper Age. He is the oldest natural human mummy preserved by freezing and he gives an extraordinary view of the European Copper Age. Otzi the Iceman aided us with an exceptional understanding of the European Copper Age from the equipment he was carrying‚ the cloth he was wearing‚ and the physical remains of his body. A set of well preserved equipments were discovered
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• Otzi had weapons that most shepherds carried with them. • The place where Otzi was found was an important crossing place for shepherds with their animals. • There were wars over copper and Otzi had a good copper axe and so he might have wanted to be a shepherd so that he wouldn’t be killed for the copper that he had. • No trace of his village was ever found. • He had goatskin clothes • He had Maple leaves from the South • He had charcoal • The fact that Otzi had a bow
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