File:OetzitheIceman-glacier-199109a.jpg

Summary

Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a Chalcolithic (Copper Age) man from about 3300 BC, who was found in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. From the website http://www.planet-wissen.de/pw/showdocument,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BD24E6535B3AD807E030DB95FBC35166,,,.html.^{[dead link]}

Copyright owner

19 September 1991, 13:30, by Helmut Simon †

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