![]() ![]() ![]() His body and belongings are currently on display in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy. He is considered to be Europe's oldest known natural human mummy and has offered an incredible amount of information regarding the Chalcolithic Europeans. The mummy was discovered back in September 1991 in the Ötztal Alps, from where he derives his nickname ‘Ötzi’, on the border between Austria and Italy. ( CC BY NC ND 2.0 )įor those who might not be familiar with Ötzi, he’s a naturally-preserved mummy of a male who lived around 3,300 BC. Who was Ötzi and Why is He Important to Science?įrom the early 1990s when Ötzi’s mummified body was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have been debating and trying to find the exact cause of death of the 5,300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman. Researchers claim that his body and head injuries were most likely made during some hard times for the famous Tyrolean Iceman, but those injuries weren’t the cause of his death. A new study suggests that Ötzi the Tyrolean Iceman died of exposure to freezing temperatures in the Italian Alps.
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