Otzi Timeline

  • 3350 BCE

    The copper axe was owned by high-ranking men.

  • 3000 BCE

    The copper axe was owned by high-ranking men

  • Otzi's body and equipment are discovered, Otzi's body was removed from the ice on 23 September 1991

  • Excavations were performed and after it was completed, they decided not to reconstruct.

  • Italy is granted ownership of Otzi over Austria

  • Copper axe discovered too not be Bronze

  • The Otzi was stored in South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. It weighs about 13kg and is 1.54m long. The Otzi is sprayed regular with water to keep to moist

  • Otzi found to be murdered (arrowhead discovered in shoulder)

  • Stomach contents analysed, found cuts on his hands

  • A study was published indicating Otzi might of had a proper burial and that the equipment could of not been a mountain survival kit, but instead the things were needed for another trip