"Ötzi" The man from the ice
Meeting point
Bozen Museumstrasse
Host
Alpenrose Karersee
Karerseestraße, 161, Welschnofen
Details
A discovery in snow and ice
On September 19, 1991, two German hikers made an unexpected discovery at an altitude of 3,208 m: the upper part of a mummified body that had been released by the glacier was sticking out of the snow and ice.
Was it a mountaineer who had died in an accident years ago? Or something else entirely?
No one yet knew what scientifically significant discovery had been made on those days in the Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol.
It was only when the mummified body was recovered that it turned out to be much older than expected. The man, who according to archaeological research lived at the transition from the Stone Age to the Copper Age between 3350 and 3100 BC, was soon affectionately dubbed "Ötzi" by the press.
The exhibition was not just about Ötzi - the Braunschweig region also played an important role. At the time when Ötzi crossed the Alps: How did people live here with us? What was their everyday life like, what were their rituals and religious customs?
