An exact replica of the oldest glacial mummy in the world will be in Valencia until 24th July. The city's Museum of Prehistory will be home to Ötzi. El hombre de hielo (Ötzi, the Ice Man) whose face has been rebuilt by the brothers Alfonso and Adrie Kennis, two Dutch artists who specialise in natural history and palaeontology.
A German couple came across Ötzi by accident in 1991. Naturally preserved in a glacier in the Ötz Valley for over 5,000 years, this mummy answers many of the questions about what life was like for humans in the Copper Age. Since 1998 he has been kept in a refrigerated chamber at -6º with a humidity level of 98%, where he can be seen with all his accoutrements.
With this initiative, designed to be a travelling exhibition, the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology (Bolzano, Italy) offers an exhaustive presentation of the ice man. The exhibition presents reproductions of objects and clothing found beside the mummy, as well as new interpretations derived from the discovery of an arrowhead in his left shoulder.
