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Ötzi

Ötzi (German: ; c. 3275 BC – c. 3230 BC, also called The Iceman, Similaun man, or Tyrolean Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived during the 4th millennium BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991 in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname "Ötzi") at the Austria–Italy border. He is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy, showing an…

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Known for
Oldest known natural mummy of a Chalcolithic European man
Born
c. 3275 BC Near the present village of Feldthurns (Velturno), north of Bolzano, Italy
Died
c. 3230 BC (aged c. 45) Ötztal Alps, near Tisenjoch on the border between Austria and Italy
Height
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Other names
Ötzi the Iceman; Similaun man; Tyrolean Iceman
Resting place
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, South Tyrol, Italy

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related to Books · 57
Ötzi → Alpine Glacier, Angelika, Bodies, Bolzano, Bortenschlager, Boston, Brenda, Brillante, Came, De Marinis, Deem, Ewald Osers, Fleckinger, Folio, Fowler, Giuseppe, His Natural Environment, Houghton Mifflin, Hubert, Ice
related to Articles · 50
Ötzi → Archived, Ben, Biomedical, Brenda, Dickson, Dieter, Discovery, Division, Environmental, Evolutionary Biology, Fowler, Frances, Glasgow, Gostner, Horst, Iceman, Imaging, Institute, James Holms, July
related to External links · 38
Ötzi → Albert Zink, Alps, An Ice Cold Case, ArcheologyIceman Photoscan, August, BBC Horizon TV, Bolzano, Death, Der Mann, DNA, Eis, English, EURAC Research, Face High, February, Finally Face, Five, German, Hauslabjoch, Head
related to Genetic analysis · 34
Ötzi → According, Analysis, Anatolia, BC, Binary Alignment Map, Borrelia, By, Corsicans, DNA, Europe, European, FGC5672, G-L91, G2a4, He, Iceman's, ISOGG G2a2b, K1, K1a, K1b
related to Discovery · 25
Ötzi → Alps, Austrian, BC, Erika Simon, Fineilspitze, German, Hans Kammerlander, He, Helmut, Innsbruck, It, Italian, Konrad Spindler, More, On, Reinhold Messner, September, Similaun, Similaunhütte, The
related to Border dispute · 19
Ötzi → Although, Archaeology, At, Austrian, Bolzano, Etsch, Inn, Innsbruck University, Italian, Italy's, Near Tisenjoch, North, October, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Since, South Tyrol, South Tyrol Museum, The, Treaty
related to Body · 16
Ötzi → Analysis, Because, Bolzano, By, CAT, DNA, Feldthurns, Iceman's, In, Initial, It, Italy, South Tyrol, The, Wheat, When
related to Arrowhead and blood analyses · 15
Ötzi → Additional, Alternatively, CT, Currently, DNA, Further, He, Iceman, In, Interpretations, Researchers, The Cambridge World History, This, Violence, X-rays
related to Clothes and shoes · 12
Ötzi → According, British, Czech, He, His, However, I'm, Jacqui Wood, Soft, The, They, Tools
related to Scientific analyses · 10
Ötzi → Austro-Hungarian, Battle, In August, One, Punta San Matteo, San Matteo, The, Tissues, Trentino, X-rayed

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ÖtziBornc. 3275 BC Near the present village of Feldthurns (Velturno), north of Bolzano, Italy1.00infobox
ÖtziDiedc. 3230 BC (aged c. 45) Ötztal Alps, near Tisenjoch on the border between Austria and Italy1.00infobox
ÖtziHeight160 cm (5 ft 3 in)1.00infobox
ÖtziKnown forOldest known natural mummy of a Chalcolithic European man1.00infobox
ÖtziOther namesÖtzi the Iceman; Similaun man; Tyrolean Iceman1.00infobox
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ÖtziResting placeSouth Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, South Tyrol, Italy1.00infobox
Tollund Maninstance ofThis explanation was inspired by theories previously advanced for bodies recovered from peat bogs0.80text
Lindow Man.Arrowheadinstance ofThis explanation was inspired by theories previously advanced for bodies recovered from peat bogs0.80text
blood analysesIn 2001instance ofThis explanation was inspired by theories previously advanced for bodies recovered from peat bogs0.80text
X-raysinstance ofThis explanation was inspired by theories previously advanced for bodies recovered from peat bogs0.80text
a CT scan revealed that Ötzi had an arrowhead lodged in his left shoulder when he diedinstance ofThis explanation was inspired by theories previously advanced for bodies recovered from peat bogs0.80text

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