Oetzi, the Iceman by sandra46
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This is the entrance of the Museum in Bozen/Bolzano, where the mummy of Oetzi is kept in a hyper-technological room. Oetzi is the nickname the Austrians gave him, when he was first found by chance by a couple of Bavarians in the Similaun glacier just a few metres from the Austrian border. After the mummy was recognized as an archaeological mummy and not a victim of an avalanche they started to study it in Austria, until it was clear that it had been found within the Italian border. Hence it was carried south, to Bozen/Bolzano where a new museum had been built for Oetzi the Iceman of the Similaun and the equipment they found with him: clothes, weapons and other objects. It is considered the most important archaeological discovery of the last century, and it probably was, since it allowed to date the Copper Age back of about one thousand years, and gave us artefacts, that are usually destroyed by time, perfectly preserved by the ice. From the exams the scientists proved that Oetzi came from the southern part of the Alps and lived in a village in Senales valley, not far from Bozen. Next I'll show you some photos of the reconstructed village.
Here we couldn't take photos inside, but from the posters you can see the new Oetzi, a statue made by two Dutch artists according to the latest phorensic techniques of reconstruction. The result is impressive. The stickers on the trashbin form an impromptu piece of urban artwork.
For those interested in Oetzi, here is the museum website http://www.archaeologiemuseum.it/en
Thanks for your kind comments.
Comments (40)
mickeyrony
It will be nice to look at theses things my beautiful... Great to you to share it ((5++))
blondeblurr
He is well-known around the world - more famous dead than alive ... I will check him out, when I visit Europe in 2014 (?) cool (!) image and extra info, thanks Sandra, BB
Chipka
I don't know him personally, but I know him. Well...I haven't visited him yet, but he's captured my attention since his discovery, and now I recently heard that he may actually be a murder victim; evidence will be substantiated this Monday, Chicago time, I think, when our local Public Broadcasting Station shows a special program about him. I'll have to head over thataway, as soon as I can, to actually meet him. (I have an abiding "friendship" with an Egyptian mummy here in Chicago, Harwa, a shopkeeper whose head has been shamelessly unwrapped. He's not is as good a condition as Ötzi.) Now, for your photo! Ötzi is in it. Funny how his reconstructed features make him look like...well...just some guy who didn't shave. Okay, just some slightly short guy who didn't shave! I love the contrast you've captured here, the impromptu art, the archaeology, the urban reality. This is marvelous! Rich. Superb.
ragouc
Good POV and shot.
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Great shot
A_Sunbeam
Made all the papers when he was found - fascinating story
Bothellite
This is quite interesting. First I'd heard. Thanks.
tennesseecowgirl
great capture!
Darkwish
Great one, really nicely done!
anahata.c
I can't do everything in one session, and I'm still back in November---but this series was fascinating, part by your text and part by your images. I'd heard about this discovery, but not gone much further, only from lack of time. Also, the name struck me at first as a Central American name (Aztec, etc), and I was surprised to hear he was from Europe. I wonder if he had any clue that one day he'd be the centerpiece for a major study of his time and milieu, and be given another name and kept in highly sterile condition and in attire that wasn't the most flattering in the world. (If chip wrote a piece about him, I missed it, even though I've read most of his uploads. I've missed some uploads in everyone's gallery. But my point is, if there's anyone who could do a fine tale on this guy, it's Chip.) I just hope my remains aren't put in a museum one day, where I'm renamed "Praetzl" or something. (That's a cheap academic wannabe version of pretzl. 'Ae' gives it a little more oomph.) If I am in such a display one day, I hope I look damned good. Hope they give me advance notice. I'll wear a Movado. Or a Brooks Brothers suit. Anyway, the image: A wonderful tilt and coagulation of shapes, with fine verticals, and intense 'lights'---lights along the verticals, along the tiles, along the wall, etc. Worked into a shimmering play of light and dark. Chip mentioned the impromptu element---yes. Wholly agree. It feels spontaneous, by angle, pov and clutter. It looks almost like a small nook in an artists' section of town---brought out by that sticker-laden trashcan! Fascinating shot, more of your keen eye for the visual cacophonies of urban life, and making the museum seem all the more strange and inviting. I really like this. (Sandra, my fav's aren't working too well, so just know that I would fav a number of these. I'm a big fan, if that wasn't already apparent...)