Ötzi is the name given to one of Europe's most well-preserved mummified bodies.
Ötzi is the name given to one of Europe's most well-preserved mummified bodies. The body was found in the Ötzal Alps in 1991, and examinations tells us that he lived over 5000 years ago(Ca.3400-3100BCE). After his death the body dehydrated and his remains were mummified naturally in the glacier ice. When the operation to take care of his body started, numerous leather fragments, string, pieces of hide and clumps of hay came to light. This were pieces of Ötzi’s clothing, made from hide, leather and braided grass. A coat, a belt, a pair of leggings, a loincloth, shoes and a bearskin cap were found. Other items spread around him were a copper axe, flint dagger, a long stick(later identified as a bow) and a quiver containing 2 finished arrows and 12 arrow shafts. Also the remains of some kind of backpack and two birch-bark containers, one of them containing traces of maple leaves and charcoal fragments. Further examinations showed that his stomach contained traces of various types of g...