The "ice man", the oldest mummy found in Europe
"Iceman" or ötzi (Oetzi) the ice mummy of ancient man, discovered in 1991 in the Tyrolean Alps on the glacier Similaun in the ötztal valley, at an altitude of 3200 meters. The mummy, as determined using the radiocarbon method is about 5300 years. Currently, scientists continue to study the mummy.
Hand "the ice man" on the sterile foil.
Dutch artists Adria and Alphonse Kennys used the 3D scan of the skeleton "ice man" to recreate the full-sized copy. Initially, scientists believed that the eyes of the fathers were blue, but recent DNA research has shown that eye color was Karim.
Shoes "ice man" on the glass model.
After the mummy was taken to a laboratory, researchers raised the temperature to 17.8 degrees Celsius to defrost. Melt water were examined for the presence of bacteria, due to which the ancient mummy so well preserved.
The knife and the "sheath" "ice man".
After which lasted nine hours autopsy of the mummy was returned to the original temperature is -6,1 degrees Celsius, and placed in a glass sarcophagus. The research took place in the Archaeological Museum of South Tyrol in Bolzano, Italy.
An axe with a blade made of copper shows that in his tribe the "ice man" took a high position. After examining the stomach it was found that ötzi ate eight hours before death. Were found the remains of bran, roots, fruits and muscle tissue of two types, corresponding to the meat of chamois and deer.
Two arrows were used for hunting and self-defense. At the time of death, the growth of ötzi was approximately 165 cm, weight — 50 kg.
Leaf maple found among the equipment "ice man". Scientists have found that the sheet was torn from the tree in late spring.
Shoes from the grass, deer skin and bear skin. This Shoe is one of the oldest ever discovered by scientists.
The mummy is in the Archaeological Museum of South Tyrol in Bolzano, Italy. The indoor temperature of 17.8 degrees Celsius and humidity of 98.5% — to simulate ice cover, which protected the mummy for five thousand years.
According to scientists, the "ice man" at the time of death was little more than forty years.
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