Ötzi, IAM 5,3OO yrs OLD FROM ALPS

Ötzi,

NAME: Ötzi, from the Ötztal Alps where he was found

LIVED: 5,300 years ago

AGE: About 46 years old

HEIGHT: Five foot two (1.6 meters)

WEIGHT: 110 pounds (50 kilograms)

DISCOVERED: September 19, 1991, by two hikers in the mountains between Austria and Italy in the Schnalstal Glacier. He was missing his hair, fingernails and toenails, and an outer layer of skin. Everything else was intact.

CURRENT LOCATION: The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy.

LINK

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0707/feature2/multimedia.html

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