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Alpini welcome!
National meeting of the Alpini corps in Bolzano
Between May 10 and May 13, 2012 many thousands of active and former members of the Italian mountain infantry corps "Alpini" and their families will come together for a gathering in Bolzano.
On this occasion,...
Ötzi's blood detected
5,000 year old red blood cells discovered. Oldest blood known to modern science.
His DNA has been decoded; samples from his stomach and intestines have allowed us to reconstruct his very last meal. The circumstances of his violent death appear to have been explained...
Initial genetic analysis reveals Ötzi predisposed to cardiovascular disease
Scientific magazine “Nature Communications” publishes new findings about physiognomy, ethnic origin and predisposition towards illness of the world’s oldest glacier mummy
19 September 2011: 20 years of Ötzi the Iceman
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Iceman’s discovery, a ceremony brought together people who have been involved with him from the outset as well as those who look after him now. The guest speakers are the two provincial governors of Tyrol and South Tyrol, Luis Durnwalder and Günther...
Ötzi20: Special Exhibition on 20 years of science, media and mysteries surrounding the Iceman in Bozen/Bolzano (1 March 2011 to 13 January 2013)
Marking the 20th anniversary of his discovery, the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bozen is from 1 March 2011 to 13 January 2013 dedicating a Special Exhibition to Ötzi, the Iceman. The Museum will also be presenting the new reconstruction of Ötzi at the opening of the exhibition...
Scientific interventions on the Iceman: response to the comments of L. Engstrand
Statements published in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in an interview with the bacteriologist Lars Engstrand, concerning the recent scientific investigations on the Iceman, contain inaccuracies and misrepresentations. This is the message of the statement made by the...
Special exhibition at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology: Ötzi turns 20
On 19 September 2011 the Iceman will be 20 years old – his age at least since his reincarnation began as a glacier mummy and a global sensation. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano is therefore dedicating a special exhibition to its star throughout 2011. It is...
Iceman not buried on the glacier
Statement by the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology on the Iceman burial theory put forward by A.
Vanzetti, M. Vidale, M. Gallinaro, D.W. Frayer und L. Bondioli, published in “Antiquity” 84/2010.
A theory appearing in the past week in the media,...
The Iceman's genoma identified
Ötzi’s secrets about to be revealed
Using the latest technologies,...
Announcement: Special exhibition to celebrate Oetzi’s 20th birthday in 2011
On 19 September 2011 the Iceman will be 20 years old – at least he will be in his second reincarnation as a natural ice mummy and worldwide sensation. Next year the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy will therefore be dedicating a special exhibition to its star attraction...
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