Ötzi
Natural mummy of a man who lived c. 3300 BC
Ötzi, also called the Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BCE. Ötzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname "Ötzi", German: [œtsi]) at the Austria–Italy border. He is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper...