The mystery surrounds the Otzi ribbon ax

Since the discovery so far, experts have not been able to decipher the mystery of the Otzi crew's ax.

In 1991, two German climbers suddenly discovered a mummy preserved intact in the ice and named. This is considered, with more than 5,300 years old. The mummy of the Otzi gang was preserved intact in the Ötztal Alps glacier.

This ax is made of copper, lead, silver, arsenic and some other chemical elements.

Among the artifacts discovered around the mummy of the Otzi gang, experts paid special attention to the copper ax . The research results show that the Otzi ice ax is made from materials including copper, lead, silver, arsenic and some other chemical elements.

Experts also revealed that the copper material used to make this ax was exploited less than 100km from the location of the mummy Otzi iceberg.

Based on the research and analysis of isotopes, experts found that the closest site to the ore mine is southern Tuscana, about 550km from where the Otzi gang died.

The work of experts also showed the wooden ax of 5,300 years old. At that time, the local people made ore mining in the Alps. Even so, experts and archaeologists have not yet been able to decipher why the Otzi tapes had a copper ax produced at such a remote location.

Experts have not been able to explain whether the same ax was made in Tuscana or that the merchants brought the mined ore back and crafted the ax in the Alps.