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On September 19, 1991, the mummified body of a man that lived around 3350 to 3105 BC was discovered in the Ötztal Alps between Austria and Italy.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On September 19, 1991, the mummified body of a man that lived around 3350 to 3105 BC was discovered in the Ötztal Alps between Austria and Italy.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-the-iceman-cometh
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media file is in the public domain for various reasons or has no known copyright restrictions: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_20_-_AT_Tirol_Oetzi.svg
The image by Pechristener available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%96tztaler_Alpen_Map.png is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
The image by 120 available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otzi-Quinson.jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
The images by Mannivu available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ricostruzione_di_%C3%96tzi.jpg, by MOs810 available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museo_Nazionale_della_Montagna_Duca_degli_Abruzzi,_Torino_06.jpg, by Tigerente available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obelisk_Eismann_Fundstelle_20090908b.jpg, and by Wierer, U., Arrighi, S., Bertola, S., Kaufmann, G., Baumgarten, B., Pedrotti, A., Pernter, P. and Pelegrin, J. available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%96tzi%E2%80%98s_last_days.png are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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