Oetzi, the Iceman, was buried: archaeologists claim

A new theory revealed by archaeologists on Thursday: Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old "Iceman", may not have died at the site in the Italian Alps where he was found 19 years ago, but was only ceremonially buried there.

Up till now, archaeologists thought Oetzi, whose mummified corpse was exposed in a high mountain pass in the Oetztal Alps in 1991, died at that spot from wounds he had continued in a fight.

But an archaeologist Alessandro Vanzetti from Rome University told the Austrian daily Die Presse he believes the Bronze Age warrior actually died much nearer sea-level, but was then buried months later with full ceremonial honours high up in the mountains.

Alessandro Vanzetti and his archaeology excavation team have been investigating the site at 3,210 metre above sea-level for the past five years.
Vanzetti told the newspaper: The new theory would explain why some of the weapons discovered next to the mummy were not ready for use and why so many objects were found next to the corpse.

The archaeology also stated that some of the objects were valuable and would surely have been looted by his murderer if Oetzi had died in a fight at the spot where he was found.

Moreover, an analysis of his stomach had shown that the man died in April, while pollen found at the spot indicated the body was buried in August or September. The ice would have melted, making a rise to such a height possible.

This famous mummy will remain the subject of intense theory and become a new research for decades to come.

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The killing of the Huldremose woman

The Huldremose woman is one of the best preserved bodies from Denmark's prehistory. This Iron Age mummy from year 55 AC was naturally preserved in the Huldremose bog on Djursland, Denmark.


Today, almost 2,000 years later, you can see her remains at the National Museum of Denmark. This Iron Age woman was not buried in the normal way of that time. The chord wrapped several times around her head shows that she was strangled and buried far away from where people lived, in a bog - as a sacrifice to the gods. She was accompanied by two skin capes, a woolen skirt, a scarf and a hair band.


Her dress is one of the finest preserved female dresses from the Danish prehistory. Read more about the Danish Prehistory exhibition at
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The Tollund Man: Denmark's remarkable bog mummy

The Tollund man is a naturally preserved mummy found in a peat bog in Denmark. Find out more about bog mummies in the fascinating documentary.
The Tollund man lived during the late 5th century BC and/or early 4th century BC, about 2,400 years ago. He was buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, a find known as a bog body. He is remarkable for the fact that his body was so well preserved that he had seemed to have recently died.

Mysterious ice mummies in Greenland

The mummified bodies of women and children were found in a cave in frozen Greenland. How did they die? Taken from the show "Mummies on Ice" available on FirstScience.tv.