Posted on 11/12/2022 6:54:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Ötzi the ice mummy is unique, but the conditions that preserved his body are not, according to a new study. This means chances are fairly high that more mummies melt out of the ice in the future.
The story starts in September 1991, when a German couple discovered the body of a man protruding from the ice in the Ötztal Alps, on the border between Austria and Italy.
The man turned out to be 5300 years old. His body was exceptionally well preserved.Blood on his shoulderAn arrow and traces of blood were found on the man's left shoulder, as well as a deep cut in his hand. The man, who eventually was known by the name of Ötzi, or the iceman, was thus probably murdered. His equipment was also damaged, most likely in battle, according to archaeologists.
The Austrian archaeologist Konrad Spindler's theory about Ötzi was that he died where he was found, during fall, in a gully in the Tisenjoch-pass. His body then freeze dried, before it was covered in ice due to a dramatic cooling of the climate at just that time. And here the body lay untouched, as if in a time capsule, for more than 5000 years. Because the body was in a gully it was protected from the glacier above, which was in constant movement and would otherwise have crushed any remains of a body. The entire process was a miracle of sorts...
But the story is a little too good to be true, according to a new study published on 7 November in the journal Holocene...
"Our thorough review shows that he melted out of the ice, probably a few times, at least during the first 1500 years," Pilo says.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenorway.no ...
And stay off the mountain when there’s a thunderstorm.
A lesson I learned the hard way many years ago.
LOL That was good.
Good rule of thumb, if you smell ozone, the strike was nearby but missed ya. :^)
;^)
He deednt chooze gude chooze
He should have booked his “room with spa tub” through a more reputable online vacation site.
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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/archaeologists-explore-mysterious-underwater-cairns-at-lake-constance/145275
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