Topic ID #13974 - posted 9/22/2011 12:52 PM
Jennifer Palmer
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Ötzi the Iceman: Little-Known Facts
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
The Ice Mummy: Little-Known Facts
Analysis by Rossella Lorenzi
Mon Sep 19, 2011 03:35 PM ET
Exactly 20 years ago, on Sept. 19, 1991, German hikers Erika and Helmut Simon spotted something brown while walking near a melting glacier in the Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol.
As they got closer, they realized with horror that it wasn't just some sort of rubbish: a human corpse was lying with the chest against a flat rock.
Only the back of the head, the bare shoulders and part of the back emerged from the ice and meltwater.
The hikers thought the body belonged to an unfortunate victim of a mountaineering accident a few years back. In fact, they discovered one of the world's oldest and best preserved mummies.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of this sensational discovery, here are 20 known and lesser known facts about the Neothiltic frozen mummy.
Read more here.
Analysis by Rossella Lorenzi
Mon Sep 19, 2011 03:35 PM ET
Exactly 20 years ago, on Sept. 19, 1991, German hikers Erika and Helmut Simon spotted something brown while walking near a melting glacier in the Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol.
As they got closer, they realized with horror that it wasn't just some sort of rubbish: a human corpse was lying with the chest against a flat rock.
Only the back of the head, the bare shoulders and part of the back emerged from the ice and meltwater.
The hikers thought the body belonged to an unfortunate victim of a mountaineering accident a few years back. In fact, they discovered one of the world's oldest and best preserved mummies.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of this sensational discovery, here are 20 known and lesser known facts about the Neothiltic frozen mummy.
Read more here.
Post ID#19048 - replied 9/23/2011 9:34 PM
DaveETA
Seems like the "Ice Man" knew about acupuncture 2000 years before its first documentation in Asia wow...
fact #14 is also very interesting.
fact #14 is also very interesting.
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