Ötzi - Wikipedia
Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname …
Otzi | Iceman, Tattoos, Mummy, Tools, Last Meal, & Discovery
Dec 10, 2025 · Otzi is an ancient mummified body of a human male that was found on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Otztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, in 1991. The body was radiocarbon …
Ötzi the Iceman| South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
Over 5300 years ago, Ötzi was crossing Tisenjoch/Giogo di Tisa in the Schnalstal/Val Senales Valley, South Tyrol, where he was murdered and preserved naturally in the ice. He is therefore older than …
Who was Ötzi the Iceman? | NOVA | PBS
Aug 5, 2024 · Meet Europe’s five-thousand-year-old murder victim. First spotted in 1991 by hikers traveling the Italian Alps, the mummified body of a man was soon excavated from the glacier where it …
Famed 5,300-Year-Old Alps Iceman Was a Balding Middle-Aged Man …
Aug 16, 2023 · Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old mummy found murdered high in the Alps with an arrow in his back, is a prehistoric celebrity who attracts 300,000 visitors a year to his custom cooling chamber in …
The Discovery of Ötzi the Iceman: A Window into Prehistory
Feb 9, 2025 · In 1991, two hikers in the Ötztal Alps on the Austria-Italy border stumbled upon a remarkable find—an exceptionally well-preserved mummy emerging from the ice. Dubbed Ötzi the …
The Discovery of Otzi the Iceman and Its Significance
May 14, 2025 · Otzi the Iceman was found by hikers in the Alps, preserved for 5,300 years in ice. Removal of Otzi's body was difficult due to the high altitude and poor weather conditions. Otzi's …
Ötzi the Iceman - Expedition Magazine
Dec 1, 2025 · The Iceman mummy, nicknamed Ötzi, was discovered in 1991 amidst sheets of melting ice on the Tisenjoch pass of the Similaun glacier in the Tyrolean Alps. He was found on the border …
Ötzi the Iceman Reveals 5,300-Year-Old Secrets
Apr 1, 2025 · He’s known as Ötzi the Iceman, nicknamed for the nearby Ötzal Alps, where he was found in 1991. The 5-foot, 2-inch 110-pound corpse is a mummy, preserved essentially as he looked the …
Ötzi the Iceman: What we know 3 decades after his discovery
Here’s what three decades of research have revealed about the life and death of the Iceman—and what the future study of his extraordinary remains may reveal.