Glaciers Melt and Reveal the Secrets of Millennia: What Archaeologists Find Under the Ice
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Glaciers melt and reveal millennia of mystery: what archaeologists find beneath the ice Melting of glaciers reveals mummies, weapons and clothing to archaeologists, including the body of Etka, 5,300 years old<p>. Moisture and air threaten the findings</p>.
The body, discovered in the ice in September 1991, was determined to be approximately 5,300 years old using radiocarbon dating. Known as Ötzi the Iceman, his remains are among those unearthed as glaciers melt; experts say he was only there for a short time before rescue efforts began.
In September 1991, two German hikers walked through the mountains of the Val Senales valley, near the border between Italy and Austria, when they saw a human corpse sticking out of the melted ice. The body was so well preserved that it was assumed that the man had been the victim of a recent mountaineering accident [...] The post Frozen mummies and Viking routes: the secrets that are revealing the melting of the ices appeared first on Entre Line…
With a look of research and narrative pulse, this young journalist follows the traces that the thaw exposes: forgotten objects, fragmentary accounts and questions about the past. Her interest in archaeology and climate change guides a clear and attentive writing to the human stories hidden under the ice. The article From the eternal ice to history: frozen mummies and ancient Viking routes come to light with the thaw appeared for the first time i…
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