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Ötzi the Iceman - App for Kids
Archaeology at your fingertips: the Iceman is now also available as an app for children.
The Ötzi app for children can be downloaded to an iPhone or iPad and tells kids about the man from the ice in an amusing way. Alongside the latest scientific discoveries, there are explanations about...
Ötzi the iceman had oral pathologies
Scientific publication about oral pathologies of Ötzi the Iceman: http://www.mediadesk.uzh.ch/articles/2013/oetzi-hatte-...
mysteriX. Enigmatic finds from South Tyrol
Special exhibition at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
22.1.2013 – 19.1.2014
The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology will in future be...
New museum concept for the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
From tomorrow, 22nd January 2013, the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology will be presenting to the public its newly designed permanent exhibition on the Iceman and its new special archaeological exhibition “mysteriX. Enigmatic finds from South Tyrol”. Provincial Councillor Sabina Kasslatter Mur,...
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...
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