The Chalcolithic Mummy: In search of immortality. Volume 3

The preservation of the glacier´s mummy known all over the world: a walk through the preservation´s technique and musem´s exposure.

This interesting book in english gives all the answers to questions about the complicated technique of mummy´s preservation used by the South Tyrolean Museum since 1998.

5.300 years long, this task was accomplished by the ice. With the discover of the mummy, scientists had to work hard on the old techniques of preservation and, even more, on the exposure ones in order to be able to present the Ötzi to the public. After a lot of years of studies and discovers, the South Tyrolean Museum´s technique is appreciated and known all over the world.