miércoles, 4 de enero de 2012

Ötzi20: 20 years of science, media and mysteries

When two hikers came across a human corpse in the Ötztal Alps 20 years ago, speculation raged over the age of the body, and the life and death of the man who became known as Ötzi – the name coined by an Austrian journalist. The oldest, most well-preserved, frozen Neolithic mummy soon became a world sensation. Francesca Vella recently visited the special exhibition ‘Ötzi20 – Life. Science. Fiction. Reality’ at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy, which was set up to mark the 20th anniversary of the discovery and which has been extended by a year

The interactive exhibition captures the sense of curiosity generated by the so-called “wet mummy”, whose discovery provided a snapshot of Stone Age life in Europe.

People all over the world watched on in amazement two decades ago as the intact body of a man from the Copper Age, along with his clothing and equipment, was recovered from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps where it had been preserved for 5,300 years. Long after his death, Ötzi now holds humans in his spell with ever more insights into his life and death.

More than three million people have visited Ötzi in the museum so far, and numerous scientists have examined him. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano is thus this year dedicating the special exhibition ‘Ötzi20 – Life. Science. Fiction. Reality” to Ötzi. The exhibition will run until 13 January, 2013...

independent.com.mt
Relacionado: 27-02-11. Exposición Ötzi20

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