The Discovery ; The Beginning of A Worldwide Sensation...

On the sunny afternoon of September 19, 1991, two hikers, Erika and Helmut Simon made the decision to take a shortcut off-route, where they discovered what was soon to be a 20th century archaeological sensation. The discovery of the Iceman occurred approximately at 1.30pm on the Ötzal Alps, South of Tyrol, Italy, where the corpse was found with its chest resting against a flat rock. At first, this corpse was thought to be of a modern tragedy but after further investigation, it presented itself to be a doorway into the ancestral past. A memorial now lays in the position Otzi was found.

The position Otzi was found in

Memorial dedicated to the Iceman

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