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Article: Bronze Age Corpse Found In Glacier
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- The Washington Post
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- September 27, 1991
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Alpine hikers have discovered the mummified body of a man
believed to have been born 4,000 years ago, and archaeologists said
today that the well-preserved find could add considerably to
understanding of human existence in the Bronze Age.
A German couple stumbled upon the corpse in a glacier last
weekend while hiking at an altitude of about 10,000 feet in the
Oetztaler section of Austria's Tyrol province near the Italian
border. The man's head and one shoulder were sticking out of the
ice, and he was surrounded by an array of weaponry.
The corpse was entirely preserved, complete with bones, internal
organs, skin, fingernails and toenails. Archaeologists said it was
believed to be the ...