35 years ago, a chance discovery: A wrong turn leads to a stroke of luck: How Ötzi became a global sensation
His find was a sensation. Ötzi died 5,300 years ago - today he can be viewed in a special refrigerated room. The mummy still poses many puzzles to researchers.
The 5,300-year-old mummy known as Ötzi was found on September 19, 1991, by Helmut and Erika Simon at the Tisenjoch in the Ötztaler Alpen at an altitude of around 3,200 meters. Initially thought to be just decades or hundreds of years old, further analysis in Innsbruck revealed Ötzi's true age. The mummy, weighing 13.3 kilograms, was stored in a controlled environment in Innsbruck for nearly seven years before being transferred to the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bozen, Italy, in 1998. Ötzi's body and equipment, including a copper axe and bow, have been extensively studied, providing insights into life in the Jungsteinzeit, and research continues to uncover more about his life, death, and ancestry.
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