Ötzi
Prehistory · California History–Social Science 6.1
Ötzi, also called the Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived about 5,300 years ago. In 1991, two hikers found his body in the ice of the Ötztal Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy. The cold had preserved him so well that scientists could study his skin, his clothes and even his last meal. Ötzi wore leather clothing, a bearskin cap and shoes stuffed with grass. He carried a copper axe, a flint knife and a bow with arrows. His axe shows that he lived in the Copper Age, after people had learned to farm and to work metal. He had more than 60 tattoos. Scientists later found an arrowhead in his shoulder, which is probably how he died.
Key facts
- Ötzi lived about 5,300 years ago, around 3300 BCE.
- He was found frozen in the Alps in 1991.
- His copper axe shows that people were already working metal.
In the game
- Capital cost (CC)
- 4
- Influence Points (IP)
- 4
- Type
- Prehistory
Migrate. When a card is played here, Otzi moves to a random location.
How to earn it: Students win the Ötzi battle in the Great Rift Valley.
