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Old and exhausted, with an arrowhead lodged in his shoulder - this is how the Iceman met his death 5,300 years ago. Since the discovery of the glacier mummy, a window has been opened on this unexplored, often misunderstood period of history: Ötzi expert Angelika Fleckinger summarises what experts from a variety of disciplines have painstakingly unearthed about Ötzi´s life and death in research lasting many years. Superbly detailed close-ups and impressive general views, including colour pictures of the Iceman´s equipment and clothing, bring to life one of the most sensational archaeological finds to date. Everything you wanted to know about the Iceman, in authoritative, compact and vivid descriptions.

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Fleckinger, Angelika
Angelika Fleckinger nació en el a¤o 1970. Estudió Prehistoria y Protohistoria, Historia del Arte así como Arqueología clásica en la Universidad de Innsbruck. De 1996 a 1998 trabajó en la Oficina de Monumentos arqueológicos de la Provincia Autónoma de Bolzano. De 1998 a 2004 Angelika Fleckinger ostentó el cargo de coordinadora del Museo Arqueológico del Tirol del Sur de Bolzano y desde enero de 2005 dirige el museo.

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