Comments - Otzi the Iceman is 5300 years old - The Douglas Archives2024-03-29T12:13:55Zhttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3482022%3ABlogPost%3A49589&xn_auth=noOtzi was discovered high up i…tag:douglashistory.ning.com,2012-05-07:3482022:Comment:496052012-05-07T19:58:16.902Zjohn fortunehttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profile/johnfortune
<p>Otzi was discovered high up in the Alps back in the 1991 when the receding snows on a high pass revealed the preserved body of a man who appears to have come from a high alpine valley on the Italian side of the Alps but met his end on the Austrian side. Arrow wounds suggest he died of his injuries attempting to escape his attackers but I believe there is now a theory he might have been placed there post mortem. Anyway, as the DNS story indicates, his body and his possessions proved to be a…</p>
<p>Otzi was discovered high up in the Alps back in the 1991 when the receding snows on a high pass revealed the preserved body of a man who appears to have come from a high alpine valley on the Italian side of the Alps but met his end on the Austrian side. Arrow wounds suggest he died of his injuries attempting to escape his attackers but I believe there is now a theory he might have been placed there post mortem. Anyway, as the DNS story indicates, his body and his possessions proved to be a miraculous time capsule for archaeologists, geneticists etc. Lots of stuff on-line, as you may already have found.</p>