Friday, July 4, 2014

Özil, the Iceman

Özil, Ötzi, man and man Similaun Hauslabjoch are the modern names of the mummy of a man who lived about 3300 BC The mummy was discovered in September 1991 by two German climbers in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch, on the border of Austria and Italy, at an altitude of 3200 meters. His nickname comes from Ötztal (Ötztal) stretch of the Italian Alps in which he was discovered. Is Europe's oldest natural human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented view of European Chalcolithic (Copper Age). His body and belongings are displayed in the Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano South Tyrol, South Tyrol, Italy.


first aid

Apparently, he tried to heal the cut of his hand using moss as indicate the remains found in the body. You may knew the clotting properties of some peat moss and applied it to the wound and then to eat some of that moss reached the digestive system. It may be a consideration which had rudimentary knowledge of the properties of some plant.

tattoos

The body has a number of tattoos on her left wrist, two in the lumbar area of ​​the back, five on the right leg and two on the left. These are small groups of three or four parallel lines that do not form a pattern reconocible.5 Scientists using X-rays, have determined that Özil may have suffered arthritis in these areas, and thus it has been speculated that tattoos could have been performed with a magical healing (a sort of acupuncture) function.
ozil tattoo
Clothing and shoes

Özil's clothes, including a coat, a vest and leather woven shoes were very sophisticated. The shoes were waterproof, seemingly designed for walking across the snow; were constructed using bearskin for the soles, deerskin hides the top panels, and a network made ​​of tree bark. The soft grass surrounding the foot and shoe, and it worked like a sock.

The shoes have been reproduced by experts and currently no plans for production comercial.7 However, a more recent theory is that the "shoes" of Ötzi was actually the top of snowshoes. According to this theory, the item currently interpreted as part of the shoe is really red frame and a wooden racket.

The cause of the mummification of the corpse was cold and perpetual end of the region where the individual died.

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