2023年2月21日 · Otzi, known as the Iceman, is the frozen mummy of a man that lived in the 4th millennium BC, around 3350 and 3105 BC. He was discovered in the Otzal Alps located on the border of Italy and Austria. Otzi is suspected to have been murdered. He was wounded by an arrowhead that was implanted in his left shoulder but also had a variety of other wounds.

2017年7月14日 · BLADE TRADE Copper for Ötzi the Iceman’s ax, or possibly even the finished blade, came from what’s now central Italy, an unexpectedly long way from the ancient man’s home region in northern ...

Ötzi’s axe was preserved intact and is the only one of its kind in the world. The blade consists of 99.7% pure copper and is trapezoidal in shape. The knee haft is made from yew and is approx. 60 cm long. The copper blade is fixed into the forked shaft of the haft with birch tar and is tightly bound with leather straps to hold it firmly in place.

2017年7月11日 · Scientists have officially verified that copper used to make Otzi the Iceman’s axe blade did not come from the Alpine region as was initially suggested, but instead it came from southern Tuscany in Italy.

2017年7月7日 · As a new study published in PLoS One reveals, Ötzi’s axe contained copper that came from Southern Tuscany—a region located well over 350 miles (555 km) from where the Iceman met his fate in ...

2020年4月15日 · Some 5,300 years ago a man now called Ötzi was killed in the modern day Austrian Alps. Discovered in 1991, Ötzi “The Iceman” was found naturally mummified by the …

2018年6月20日 · It’s been revealed, for example, that the copper from Ötzi’s axe came from Central Italy, hundreds of miles south. The team’s work builds on this research. Most of the tools and arrows the researchers examined were made of chert, a sedimentary rock.

2017年10月6日 · Ötzi is the oldest mummy in Europe, and scientists have studied nearly every possible aspect of his life and death, from his tattoos and tools to his diet and DNA. Among the …

2025年1月26日 · One of the most intriguing items found with Otzi was his copper axe, a rare and valuable tool for the time. The axe’s blade was almost entirely made of copper, likely sourced from southern Tuscany, which raises fascinating questions about trade and resource networks in prehistoric Europe.

2009年9月1日 · This prehistoric axe blade is extended out of the leather binding about one inch or 2.5 centimeters in length. The axe would be used quite differently from a modern one: three chops of the Iceman's axe would equal one swing from a modern one. Scientists even reconstructed his ax to make sure that it would work.