Ötzi - the Ice Man
It happened 5,300 ago: a man makes his way which later became famous. Ötzi, the ice man!Ötzi - the glacier mummy
He lived between 3,350 and 3,100 B.C. - during a time when metal, notably copper was verifiably used for the first time. While animals, especially Capricorns, had first made the Alps attractive for humans, copper was the second asset of the region. The southern part of the Alps was influenced by the so-called Remedello culture with its centre in the valley of the river Po. Far-reaching cultural connections beyond the Alps have been discovered in the course of research projects around the ice man and demonstrate the importance of the alpine region - also as an intermediary between North and South.Follow the trail of Ötzi at the ArcheoParc of Senales.
Ötzi - a worldwide sensation
The ice man is one of the oldest mummies worldwide. But it is not only the historic age that makes him so precious for scientists, but also the type of mummification. The mummy is a so-called "moist mummy", because its cells can store humidity. The body tissue is elastic, so that different scientific examinations become possible. In addition, it is a natural mummy; nothing on the body has been changed by a burial rite or other human activity. The Ice Man seems to have lost his life while being outdoors with his clothes and tools.You can see Ötzi and his tools a the [[a:http://www.iceman.it Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano].
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