Otzi, the iceman

Otzi, The Iceman

By chayw1
  • Period: 3350 BCE to 3100 BCE

    Ozti was killed

    Otzi was killed in the Summer by an unknown person that he was fighting
  • 1 CE

    Birth of jesus

  • 500

    Arthur's Victory Over Saxons

  • Otzi's body and equipment were discovered in a glacier

    Otzi's body and equipment were discovered in a glacier
    In 1991CE Otzi, now an ancient mummified human body was found by a German tourist, Helmut Simon, on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, on September 19, 1991. With Otzis body they also found equipment was a bronze axe, Longbow, arrows, quiver, flint dagger, Retoucheur, Birch-bark containers, backpack, stone disc and birch fungus.
    from https://www.iceman.it/en/equipment/
  • Otzi removed from ice

    on the 23/09/1991 CE, they finally removed him from the ice with a ton of caution.
  • Italy is granted ownership of Otzi

    in 1995 CE, Italy is granted ownership of Otzi over Austria because the body was found in the Italian alps
  • Otzi’s axe was found to be copper not bronze,

    Otzi’s axe was found to be copper not bronze,
    In 1996 CE, Otzi’s axe was found to be copper not bronze, even though copper was rare in the copper age (when Otzi died) this might mean that Otzi played a key role in his tribe/village
  • Research found how Otzi died

    Research found how Otzi died
    In 2001 CE, through research, archeologists discovered that Otzi was murdered and he died, which was from an arrow in his shoulder
  • Otzi's stomach contents are analyzed and found cuts on his hands

    Otzi's stomach contents are analyzed and found cuts on his hands
    In 2003 CE, They analyzed his stomach and found the last things he ate and they saw cuts on his hands which were most likely from a battle.
  • research on his DNA

    In 2008 CE, They did research on his DNA and found that he had people in his bloodline that were sadly not any modern people, perhaps there might have been some sort of leader figure that was related to Otzi