When, Where and How was the iceman Discovered?
The Iceman was discovered in 1991 by two German hikers and tourists going by the names of Erika and Helmut Simon near the Austrian/Italian border in the Alps. The two were venturing along the Otzal Alps when Simon decided to take a short cut and left the footpath in which they were previously following. As they hiked past a rocky, bumpy and gully filled of 'melt water' (water released by the melting of snow or ice) they noticed a hard, brown rock like figure.
The Iceman was initially thought to be a recent hiker by the German tourists, due to the excellent preservation of his body in the ice. The Iceman was removed quite roughly at the time of which he was found with no consideration for the body's historical value.
The improper tools and means of excavation led to several damages to the Iceman's body and treasures including his arm and bow becoming broken. Otzi began to defrost and develop fungus until he was finally placed in the freezer for preservation after being taken up for historical investigation.
After throughout research it was estimated that the Iceman was 5300 years old, hence living in approximately 3300 BCE.
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| "Only the back of the head, the bare shoulders and part of his back jutted out of the ice and melt-water. The corpse lay with its chest against a flat rock and its face obscured. Beside the corpse the hikers noticed several pieces of rolled-up birch bark"
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