Death of Ötzi the Iceman
Ice preserves a Copper Age man with all his gear
A Copper Age man was killed by an arrow high in the Alps, and the ice preserved his body with clothing, a copper axe and a bow. Found in 1991, the mummy is a unique window on daily life in prehistoric Europe.
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Ötzi died in the Alps around 3300 BC, about when writing appeared in Sumerian Uruk. By the time the Great Pyramid was built, he had lain in the ice for some 700 years.