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title: Ötzi, the Iceman
author: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Ochsenreiter
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19105/otzi-the-iceman/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
updated: 2024-06-13
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# Ötzi, the Iceman

_Authored by South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Ochsenreiter_

## Image File

[![Ötzi, the Iceman](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19105.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19105.jpg)

## Image Caption

Ötzi, the Iceman, lived during the [Copper](https://www.worldhistory.org/copper/) Age in the late [Neolithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Neolithic/) (c. 3300 BCE) and was murdered in the Schnalstal/Val Senales Valley, in South Tyrol. His body was preserved naturally in the ice and found by hikers some 5300 years later, in 1991.

South Tyrol Museum of [Archaeology](https://www.worldhistory.org/Archaeology/), Bolzano, [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Archaeology/Ochsenreiter, S. T. M. o. (2024, June 13). Ötzi, the Iceman. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19105/otzi-the-iceman/>
### Chicago
Archaeology/Ochsenreiter, South Tyrol Museum of. "Ötzi, the Iceman." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 13, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19105/otzi-the-iceman/>.
### MLA
Archaeology/Ochsenreiter, South Tyrol Museum of. "Ötzi, the Iceman." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Jun 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19105/otzi-the-iceman/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iceman.it/en/media-archive/) by **South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Ochsenreiter**. Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 13 June 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.