Ötzi the Iceman (pronounced [ˈœtsi] (help·info)), Similaun Man, and Man from Hauslabjoch are modern names of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man who lived about 5300 years ago.[1] The mummy was found in September 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy.[2] The nickname comes from Ötztal (Ötz valley), the region in which he was discovered. He is Europe's oldest natural human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans. The body and his belongings are displayed in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, northern Italy (Southern Tyrol).
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Pada mulanya mayat ini di tuntut oleh Negara Switzerland, namun setalah pengamatan dibuat ternyata tempat penemuannya jauh dalam negara Itali. maka ianya jadi khazanah negara Itali sekarang.
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