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Artists Recreate the Face Otzi, a 5,300-Year-Old Iceman Mummy
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| 2/25/11
Posted on 02/25/2011 10:50:46 AM PST by Kartographer
In the year 3289 BC, Otzi trekked up the Schnalstal glacier in the Italian Alps. The Neolithic guy -- dubbed Otzi the Iceman, or Frozen Fritz -- wore a coat and leggings made of sheep's fur and moccasins made of cattle leather as he climbed, having just polished off his last meal: unleavened bread and meat.
Severely wounded by an arrow and possibly dispatched with a blow to the head by a cudgel, he died, his body froze and was mummified, and he lay in place for a very, very long time.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; history; iceman; oetzi; otzi; theiceman
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Take a good look at this face: It hasn't been seen in over five millennium.
Heike Engel-21Lux / Sdtiroler Archologiemuseum / National Geographic Deutschland
A reconstruction of Otzi the Iceman -- a remarkably well preserved 5,300-year-old mummy sometimes lovingly called "Frozen Fritz" -- recentl created by Dutch forensic experts.
To: Kartographer
I don’t know his name, but his face rings a bell.
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posted on
02/25/2011 10:52:51 AM PST
by
Williams
(It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: Kartographer
?
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posted on
02/25/2011 10:53:26 AM PST
by
llevrok
(So drink up, be crude, sleep late, urinate in public, and get the job done)
To: Kartographer
I saw him at Central and Yale just this morning!
To: Kartographer
looks like a typical homeless dude I can see wondering around any downtown area in America.
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posted on
02/25/2011 10:55:32 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama = Carter 2.0 The Epic Fail edition)
To: Kartographer
That's pretty cool.
unleavened bread and meat
Tacos are timeless.
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posted on
02/25/2011 10:55:40 AM PST
by
humblegunner
(Blogger Overlord)
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
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posted on
02/25/2011 10:56:03 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
To: Kartographer
A face only a mummy could love!
To: Kartographer
IBTHTP
(In before the Helen Thomas Picture)
To: Kartographer
I just saw that dude pushing a shopping cart full of pop bottles and cans down harbor blvd
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:01:27 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: al baby; Tijeras_Slim
"I just saw that dude pushing a shopping cart full of pop bottles and cans down harbor blvd"
No it had to have been his twin brother because Tijeras_Slim just saw him this morning over on Central.
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:04:29 AM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Arktos
“Im suprised they didnt make him out to be negro.”
I was going to say something similar, but you beat me to it.
To: Kartographer
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:05:41 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:06:30 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: Kartographer
I’ll bet if youy gave the structure to five different “experts”, they’d be so different, you’d discount this whole area of “expertdom”
To: Arktos
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:07:23 AM PST
by
stormer
To: Kartographer
Utzi looks like DWI mug shot.
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:09:50 AM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(Character is defined by how we treat those who society says have no value.)
To: Kartographer
I saw that guy at a freeway offramp a couple of days ago.
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posted on
02/25/2011 11:15:29 AM PST
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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