The mysteries surrounding the tape Ozti

More than 20 years ago, on September 19, 1991, the young German couple Erika and Helmut Simon while walking near a glacier in Otztal Alps (near the border between Austria and Italy) discovered a dead body. Lay face down on the melting ice.

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This is one of the oldest and best preserved mummies in the world. Up until now, no one could explain the situation as well as the life of this mummy. Here are 20 special events including the little-known things about that strange mummy.

1. A series of incredible and coincidental events that allow the human body to remain intact: the corpse is covered with snow for a short time and then by ice. Although during the past 5,300 years, ice and snow have melted and frozen many times, but most of the time the mummy remains in frozen state. The mummy is only damaged quickly after being detected by exposure to sunlight and wind.

2. Karl Wendl, an Austrian journalist, was the first to name the mummy 'Otzi' by the name of the place where it was discovered. But according to South Tyrol Municipal Government regulations, the official name of this mummy is 'Der Mann aus dem EIS' (the man in the band) .

3. As soon as the mummy is restored, a heated debate has taken place in the area where the mummy of Italy or Austria is found. The survey was conducted shortly thereafter on October 2, 1991, showing that the mummy is located more than 90 meters from the border in South Tyrol, Italy.

4. A recent study confirms that Ozti has brown eyes, not green as many people think.

5. This mummy lacks the 12th ribs - an unusual thing rarely seen in surgery.

6. Check out Ozti's gene group to show that Iceman can be infertile.

Ozti Tape at the South Tyrol Archaeological Museum in Bolzano
(Photo: Museo Archeologico dell'Alto Adige)

7. The interstitial part between the upper Icicle's front teeth is quite strange, maybe the gap is natural. Besides, the Iceman also has no wisdom teeth. Despite being diagnosed with tooth decay, tooth decay and a number of other dental diseases, Ozti still has enough teeth when he dies at about 45 years of age.

8. The process of naturally mummified in snow has caused Ozti's genitals to shrink and almost none.

9. Ozti has a wrinkled face and beard, about 160cm tall and weighs nearly 50kg.

10. The results from carbon-dating dating show Ozti lived more than 5,000 years ago, between 3350 and 3100 BC.

11. Among the clothes and items found with mummies, the copper ax is quite special. Archaeological experiments show that the ax can cut a tree within 35 minutes without grinding.

12. Recently, 3 pebbles found in a previously defined atherosclerotic secretion bag indicate that Otzi's diet is more abundant than previously thought with animal products. .

13. The Iceman's last meal may be a thick porridge of meat, wheat and vegetables. Researchers are still continuing to learn to correctly determine that last meal.

14. In the stomach of Ozti also contains 30 different kinds of pollen from the Ice foods that have been eaten, the Ice water drink even in the air that he breathes. The appearance of pollen proves that Ozti died in the spring or early summer.

15. Results of isotopic composition analysis in tooth enamel and bone showed that this man was born and lives in South Tyrol today. At the same time, Otzi may have spent his childhood in the Eisack valley or the Puster valley between Bolzano and the Austrian border and lived at least 10 years in Vinschgau before he died.

16. On the body Ozti has more than 50 tattoos with small incisions. Some scientists find evidence that tattoos are arranged in a system very similar to modern acupuncture, which can be a pain relief treatment.

17. There are many theories about Otzi's social status. Accordingly, the Tape was once identified as a magician; who specializes in finding minerals and ore mines in mountainous areas; or hunters; businessman; herdsman; even a man expelled from his community.

18. Ozti was involved in a war shortly before his death. He was pierced by an arrow in the artery below his collarbone and a sharp blow on his head.

19. Otzi's health is quite healthy. Research recently conducted by Albert Zink at the EURAC Institute found signs of knee osteoarthritis indicating that the Neolithic man spent a lot of time wandering in the mountains .

20. It is thought that Ozti's curse - similar to what is associated with Tutankhamun's mummy - is the cause of the strange death of seven people involved in Ozti. And the curse that led to those seven deaths is real or not, no one knows exactly.