While in the Dolomites, we drove into Bolzano to visit the South Tirol Museum of Archaeology, home to Otzi, a 5,300-year-old corpse preserved by a glacier and found by hikers in 1991 on the border of Austria and Italy. Emily’s babysitter told us about her visit to see him last year and said we should do it if we were ever in the area. So, we found a free Nova documentary about Otzi on Amazon streaming video and Brian became intrigued by his story. Scientists have been studying Otzi and his belongings for more than 20 years and while there are still many unanswered questions about him, they do know he was murdered with an arrow to the back, and he was carrying a copper ax, which changed what scientists believe about when the copper age began. Brian was very interested in the museum and had lots of questions and enjoyed trying on a replica of Otzi’s coat and hat. After our trip back in time with the Ice Man, we sat down for some Ice Cream (gelato to be specific) across the street.
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