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Ötzi is a mummy 5300 years..



Ötzi is a mummy 5300 years.

A pair of German climbers found, on a day like today, in 1991, a well-preserved mummy of 5,300 years in the Italian Alps.


Ötzi is a mummy 5300 years..


Known as Ötzi, the mummy is of a man who was between 30 and 45, and is approximately 1.65 m. It was found in a glacier in the Oetztal Alps near Mount Similaun, on the border between Italy and Austria, where its name is derived. His death, according to a study in 2007, 

This mummy was caused by injury from an arrow wound in his shoulder. Investigators believe he was a hunter, who at the time of his death was with colleagues, and may have fought a fight with a rival group. Ötzi is one of the oldest known human mummies. Their discovery provided a variety of information about life in Europe in the Copper Age, and the analysis of genetic material. The man had 57 tattoos, some points that coincide with those of acupuncture that could have been done to treat diseases. His clothes were prepared for cold weather, with wide, waterproof shoes, seemingly designed for walking on snow. Soft grass carrying shoe inside insulation. 

A copper ax, a flint, a type of case full of arrows, and other objects were also found. An analysis of Ötzi said chromosomes belonging to a genetic group that now dominates in southern Corsica. DNA analysis also revealed that he had a high chance of developing atherosclerosis, lactose intolerance and Lyme disease.

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