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South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The Iceman
Over 5000 years ago, a man climbed up to the icy heights of the Schnalstal glacier and died. He was found by accident in 1991, with his clothes and equipment, mummified and frozen: an archaeological...
The Iceman at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The "Tyrolean Iceman"
The Importance of the Find
and the Exhibition in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, was opened on the 28th of March, 1998. In its 1,200 square...
FAQs Ötzi
Frequently asked questions about “Ötzi” the Iceman
1. The world 5000 years ago
Sophisticated modern measurement techniques have confirmed that Ötzi lived between 3350 and 3100 BC. Stonehenge had not yet been built in England. The pyramids of...
